queen of halloween

queen of the night, we call it. One of the slow forming flower buds swelled out to a ribbed balloon in the course of an hour or so yesterday evening, and opened to fill the warm still air with heady perfume. This morning it had gone limp. Happily, this one opened later in the night, and was still looking good during the day.
I thought that it was sensuous and structured enough to make the transition to monochrome.