A planned exclusion of limbs and legions,
sorts, assortments: gems and sequins.
That's as beautiful as two lines of poetry ever get. Predictably, I love that particular alliteration in the first line. :-) But I also love what you did with "sorts, assortments" ... does that have a name ... where you find one word inside of another? I can't recall that it does, but it seems like it ought. That's a good technique ... stealing.
Overall assessment: Dan, you're not a city-slicker. You were most definitely meant to live on a farm. :-)
Good write.
Quill