ap news, 4/23/2024
yes, there were soft-bodied animals
long before life exploded into plentitude,
some were thought to have eyes
at least an ability to sense light,
– even if not yet an ability to see –
but scientists have no evidence of them.
you see, the eye is not a bone
that one might find in a fossil bed.
and yet, imagine that creature, stuck
in place, non-seeing itself, starting it all:
to glow down in the dark of the sea!
to distract or confuse, to hide or attract,
or simply to be different: a living light.
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Susanne Moser is trained as an Earth scientist and human geographer. She works as an independent scholar, consultant, trainer and coast on climate change adaptation, climate change communication, science-policy interactions, and psycho-social resilience in the face of the traumatic and transformative challenges associated with climate change. Some of her poetry, while still mostly a private pastime, has been published in the anthology, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (2023), and in several newsletters.
