Distemper

[Wjames]

Open the window and run
your paint through a sieve.

Paint the base flamingo:
velvet with potash, speckle blue.

Bathe and dress for brunch in Celestùn:
open toe linens, vertical stripe mimosas,
lavender cream.

[dukealien]

Quite a picture.  I was only aware of "distemper" as a washable medium used to paint "wrong" national insignia on aircraft during delivery flights.

But velvet finishes and vertical stripe mimosas... mmm.   Tantalizing.

[brynmawr1]

Open the window and run   nice line break here
your paint through a sieve.

Paint the base flamingo:
velvet with potash, speckle blue.

Bathe and dress for brunch in Celestùn:
open toe linens, vertical stripe mimosas,
lavender cream.

This read to me like an ekphrastic poem, very visual.  The title throws me some as I know only one meaning of 'distemper', well, two but they are related and I'm having some trouble parsing.  I looked up Celestun, which help bring the images together some.  Nicely sparse.
Thanks for the read,
Bryn