These are not expensive things

Carnations bloom on the second’s tick.
While roses’ reds bleed deeper hues,
their bush’s blush’s thin not thick;
carnations flush fully a countenance of rouge.

Bright, treble vibrato of telephone bells
spew two-dollar dozens of transitory splendor.
Auditory faces wire down, dark in low wells
to half fill three vases, embracing their four.