jellyfish II
Drawing by Josie Heckles
Through tempered glass at Sea Life see
The jellyfish, rainbow serene
Translucent bells and tentacles
Plucked from the saline sea
You’re off the hook behind the tank
Though peaceful blooms on paper
If you upset a jellyfish
They’ll sting, it’s in their nature
When the current’s fierce and warm
Washed up on sea-pressed sands
Lay foreign alien visitors
From foreign alien lands
Come high tide they’re at sea again
The life cycle ensues
And still behind the tempered glass
The others, unremoved