Maybe in place of 'perfectly curled' allude to the sound of the leaves to make the meaning more clear? I also was caught up in the imagery of leaf-symmetry and promises (true leaves are sharp flat edges, not afraid of their form. False liar-leaves curls with the weight of its wet, and forms sloppy messes ? Was my train of thought) - didn't realize the curl was not the sloppy wet leaf, but the dried, petrified crunchy ones.
I think a word choice to point us toward the sound/dryness versus the wet can help? (One of my fav poets used the term 'arthritic' leaves once, and I will always carry that with me, man! I wish I came up with it).
But other than that, I found it lovely in its ironic tone of decayed hope c:
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