Allure of echinoderm symmetry
We marveled gasping in sea[wage] wa[te]r
My mom shook the Etch a Sketch with vigor
At the attachment a variation
We were trees we were leaves we were litter
This habit of margins
No scientific names found
Long, divided – but extending
Sometimes the wings are dark, especially in females
We chased balloons in the rain
Developed unique body plans
If I tattoo you with flowers, it will be a kind of protection
If I eat Lays with my Grandma, it will be connection
We avoided the porn, adjusted the Craftmatic
Distinguished from other brittle stars
Distinguished from the bottom-dweller
The rapture of pentaradial force
The wrath of a sessile ancestor
Oh, calcareous fatty deposits
Oh, carton of YiaYia’s Winstons
Yellow calla lilies callow in the breeze
We wanted a gut of snakes
We wanted a mouth teeming with stars
*italicized phrases appropriated from http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7917328#page/196/mode/1up
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