__________The latest best search engine says the octopus
_____is having its day in the sun.
A boy in tenth grade biology swore
he could photosynthesize, and here’s hoping
__________he’s had many such days in the decades
since. We should insist while there’s still time,
__________which may be why he who could photosynthesize
_______________was so adamant. While there’s still time,
twirl me. Let me twirl you while the maple seeds dizzy
_____down. A cognitive dizziness comes free
with 12,400,000 results in .45 seconds for the octopus brain.
Free to a good home: one 12 oz. package
_____diminished attention, swaddled in sunlight,
____________________cinched with sea grass.
Poem with a Line from Jack Gilbert
