Gregor Mendel
was a Moravian scientist
and Augustinian friar,
who in the mid 1850’s,
became the father
of genetics
and heredity,
through his experiments
with plants bearing peas.
My playful mind envisions him
amongst tender blossoms
applying color and size,
dominance and hybridization,
to the Punnett square
within his thoughts.
Given over to whimsy,
I concoct a notion
of the genius
preparing for Easter feast,
crossbreeding
hummingbirds
with marshmallows
to provide God,
Cherubim,
and Seraphim
little angel shaped Peeps.