#fridayflash Bad Poetry

A young officer drops a plastic evidence bag on Detective Talbot's desk. The detective flinches and scoots back.

"Jeezus, Pendergast. What's that?"

"Vegetable peeler."

Talbot nods. "I can see that, but the dark stuff—is that blood?"

"Yes."

"Found this at the Gardner house, didn't they?"

"Yes. Looks like this sicko used it to scrape the skin off her body."

"Her name was Rose, wasn't it?" Talbot pulls at his lip. "Rose...