microplasticities
o mysterious
jaw-clench tuesday
knowing hundreds
of thousands of
microplastics
ingested
bright blue nurdles
float by in a creek
in a
in a what
do you call it, tributary
o little pellets
never melted
en masse
into a
children’s playset
curly straw
toy dino
shiny egg
from a
vending machine
in the
waterways
of lehigh valley
in the
texas creek
at point comfort
sticking to
children’s feet
as they leapt
from the waters
leaving rainbow
paths on
which grew
moss
algae patina
commingling
with lookalikes
small pebbles
sea glass
a fraction of an ounce
all our tiny knowings
never melted never shaped
that shine
of final grasping
then the way
we solidify
sun flare reaching
thru the atmosphere
like an arm