MICROCOSMS: reflections on the microscopic world

	Paramecium move through swirling immensities
	while amoebas engulf diamond-shaped beings. 
	Hydras drift in fluids they scarcely see
	while ciliates whip like frenzied spermatozoa
	and algae suck up solar energy.

	The stuff of science fiction
	or tales of planets far away?

	No, it is a miracle much closer:
	in each drop of water or blob of blood
	unseen oceans of life appear, briefly flourish, then fade.

Jules:  We live in a world of magic.

Soo:    Yeah, and comprehend on a fraction of its beauty.

Andrei: . . . or terror. When you think of the life forms being destroyed constantly, 
        it is a beauty almost borders on terror. 

Elijah: All our notions are petty against the backdrop of space and time.


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from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Some thoughts about the microscopic worlds contained in a single drop of water.
KEYWORDS: protozoans, microscopic life, microorganism, unicellular life forms

Begun: 1999 in Táiběi, Taiwan / Finished: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted
by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ]

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