CLASS HEXACTINELLIDA
After 2 weeks
on the beach in
the salt air and sun,
my return to work
wasn’t easy.
The fluorescent lights
made my eyes water;
the pounding of computer
printers and
photocopy machines
made my head ache.
I had to close
the door, closing my world
in even smaller.
I wished I was back
in college again
listening seriously this
time to Dr. Brenowitz
preach about the pleasures
of being a marine biologist,
going to sea for weeks
collecting
phytoplankton and zooplankton
and rare specimens of the
Class Hexactinellida.
(the ocean crested and
lapped at me more now that
it was far away,
so far far away.)
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