Thickened Spit
a meal found afloat
high in the water
tasted nasty
tasted super salty
he tightened up into
a huge ball and gave his best spit
but it went back over his head
and the jellyfish said
to a coral one day
this sea is getting thicker
saltier
I think it is drying up
going away
we must hurry
and need to survive
all work together to
evolve
keep our selves alive
build a shell around me
from all that is you
two holes so I can see
enlist the help of
your whole family
I will hold young tubes together until
plankton spreads all gaps with their stretchy bond
I will protect all and
grow a skin in the sun
together we will walk out of
this brine
take our own salty liquid and
hold it inside
I will make a filter
and a place to process food from land
throw away my stingers but
keep the points for my wit
and in a few hundred million years or so
we can write poems about spit
Copyright © Dc Bursey | Year Posted 2017
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