| Soo: | Kun you feel de spark in dis image & poem? | |
| Philyra: | Yeah. Diatoms are miniature fusion reactors. When you think about what they do – take the energy of the sun and produce life – it's amazing. | |
| Soo: | Kun you almost imagine whatto it feelsu like to be a diatom? | |
| Philyra: | Perhaps. It's a whole different reality, isn't it? | |
| Soo: | Werru, isn't our best hope for de future creative imagination? |
What would it feel like
to be a fraction of a hair in length
and float through an ocean of space?
What would it be like
to be entirely wrapped in silicone
and perfectly geometrical in shape?
How would it feel
to have hundreds of microfibrils
instead of arms or legs?
No death – just division
No sex – just replication without end
How would existence seem to a diatom
floating microscopic diamond
in a sea with shifting and billowing hems?
Auf Deutsch
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