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Journeys with a Jellyfish
These fragile, beautiful and fleeting creatures with stunning tentacles captivate
me with their glassy appearance and ephemeral notion of existence appearing
seemingly from nowhere and then at the same instant disappearing with the sea currents.
A fluctating charm,
An amber-colored amethyst
inhabits it; your arm
Approaches, and
it opens and
it closes;
You have meant
To catch it,
And it shrivels;
You abandon
Your intent-
It opens, and it
Closes and you
Reach for it-
The blue
Surrounding it
Grows cloudy, and
it floats away
From you.
A Jelly Fish
Marianne Moore
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