Difference.
Praise for all variation,
that diversified play of colour and shape
which takes away sameness
and paints nature with sheer tessilation.
Hooray for the patchwork
of harlequin stripes in a mackerel sky,
ladybird\'s checkered backs or
blotches on coats of every dalmatian.
Applause for the hues
shot through peacocks and peppered
streaks embroidering sand,
marbling of stone, rainbow\'s wide bands,
spot-speckled trout, braided
tattoo-frets over zebras and tiger-faces
smeared with a motley
collection of artistically studded mosaics.
Smiles for tri-shading
in lazing cats and piebald toads made
to reflect luminous water.
For kaleidoscope difference let\'s savour
all crazed iridescence
caught in the great abundance of nature