Flowers dipped in ink
Without stamen or pollen
In yellow and green.
No circle of relief
In the flower.
I am staring
With out a blink.
So shocked, I cannot think.
Who did them
Completely blue?
I have no clue.
Nature created flowers
In red, white or pink
Sometimes a yellow, orange and purple
Or majestic magenta.
Man has interfered
Played around with the actual.
The experiment was
slow and gradual.
What came was this.
A blue hybrid flower!!
The original was so brazen.
Lovely beyond reason.
This in blue,
Is not marigold.
Let us call it
Mari-blue instead.
––Gulsum Basheer
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