Once in a garden there was a tile in relief,
On its surface lay a painted leaf.
I thought, "That artist really painted with guile:
He tried to fool me with his flamboyant style.
A shape that's drawn so perfectly symmetrical,
To exist in nature would be heretical.
A pink like that has never been seen - 
Or peach-wine tones on that lavender -green!".
While thinking my thoughts, (I had more to say)
A breeze came along and blew it away.
 
 

                                   Kenneth Hoffman