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Submitted by Rob Graber on 15 July 2008 - 9:42am.
Style / Type:
freeform
So potent in fragility,
This fuzzy small gray globe
On the very verge of its dispersion
Poised—
The lightest breath
Of an uncommon astronomer:
So cordially were we invited all
To see the Cosmos in
A common dandelion seedball.
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
For the contest.
We had enough dandelions
out here to create an new universe! Stubborn things, too - won’t be mowed down without a couple of trips over them.
I like this piece, Rob. You’ve taken something commonplace and made your reader contemplate a greater depth.
Best,
~ Ronda
Evolution by Lawn-Mower Selection?
I have the half-serious theory that dandelions are getting shorter and tougher-stemmed over the decades because taller, tender-stemmed ones are less likely to survive and reproduce in an environment full of threatening lawn mowers… Thanks!
I swear they duck when they
I swear they duck when they see me coming on the mower….
~ Ronda
Selecting for Evasive Behavior??
Evasive behavior being selected for? THAT had not occurred to me! :-,?