Phototaxis
Ali Memhard
From small-scale spheres come sometimes sixteen-legged larvae,
furred worms eating away wool and becoming corn borers
and next
Pause in suspended animation filament fiber encasements
helplessly hidden under fragile fronds and fallen foliage.
Later emerge
grey ghosts wearing white
Fur cloaks and tawny shawls on shoulders:
clustering dust creatures accumulate in crawlspaces.
Nocturnal kites orbit with
red reflections in ten thousand retinas.