The Customer Is Always Right

There must be some mistake- Some mix-up in the bookkeeping. He was not meant to recline In the shade of cold marble: All the angles are wrong, The perimeters too confining. He preferred curling tendrils of ivy True, he wanted the vegetables- Sadly absent around here- Neatly aligned, and surrounded by All the gardeners paraphernalia: Casually displayed; never hidden from view. A sprawl of dogs to complete it. He was never much for ceremony And over-kempt hedgework- Can't you check one more time, To make sure things are done According to his wishes?