Moon jellies
Something glistens brightly on the concrete
Bank along the estuary on May
The tenth of twenty twenty, the third
month of virus . When
Spread out in the chilly sun
Clear jelly - but with four
Half-circles, earthworm-like, arranged
To make a central four-leaved clover shape
Round about these radiates
Faint lines that go out to the edge
As if it was a glassy parachute that landed there
Moonlike, descending slowly through the air
I take pictures with my phone
Until the battery is gone
Then find a stick
And careful not to harm it - flick
It down into the current
And see it turning on its side
Among the seaweed in the rushing tide
I watched it disappear and turning round to go
Saw two more upon the ground and one
Was smaller - round just like a paperweight
One bigger - like a dinner plate
I flipped them both into the stream then saw
That all along the concrete shore
And past the bridge were more and more
Old as 700 million years
Like jewels among the plastic debris shining
Fresh as dewdrops, fresh as tears
Anita Greg 12/05/2020
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