tributaries gather
other voices
non-shattering seed
hulled barley
moon slowly filling
our shape edges
fizzy with substances
tears absorbed
into the bloodstream
vestigal fins
structures that
will outlast us
lifespans coiled
inside things
ticking fast or
slow remembering
the years in me
on a string a
garden row
a river
a bacterial strain
disrupted microbial
succession
tinged with
closeness ache
