Stargazing
(to the Ophiocoma wendtii, on the announcement "Brittle Star Found Covered With Optically Advanced 'Eyes'")
I'm looking, but I can't find
I'm seeing, and ouch! I mind!
Oh, sorry, but I must seek.
My life then, is not unique.
Of course not. It's knowledge sought.
Life's worth to me? Perish the thought.
Hmm. How can it work?
Where can they lurk?
How can they see?
So well,
And be
So functional?
How many jars-ful?
Galaxies of stars-ful.
Looking
Seeking
How are they peeping?
Looking
Seeking
Seeking seeking ...
Oh!
Everywhere
Eyes are there
Seeing all over
All over seeing
How could we miss it?
What a being!
This primitive.