The Comb-Bearers.(Poem)

From: Poetry | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

 
THE COMB-BEARERS 
 
   Some windless nights on Narragansett Bay, 
   The deep inlet seems a meadow of fireflies 
   As multitudes of the luminous jellyfish 
   Called "comb-bearers" float to the surface 
   For no evident purpose 
   But to amaze the fishermen and scientists 
 
   Who know them only slightly, each one no more 
   Than a pear-shaped living sack of liquid 
   With skin thinner than cellophane, a sheer piece 
   Of moonlight on the sea, so fragile 
   The least ripple may tear it 
   To bits. Calm evenings, the amber-green species 
 
   May spread out over a thousand yards ...

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