Nadine Brummer
Nanotechnology And The Fungus Gnat
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For the first time made visible,
fungus-gnats on the roof of a cave
remote as myth. And, yes, Arachne
came to mind the night we viewed
those mites, and their downhang
of shining. Heads were spinning
thread after thread while abdomens
delivered a white day-glo in the dark.
We saw the gorgeous structure of a trap
moths are drawn to, a veil of lights.
We can see anything we have a mind to.
Do moth-eyes see the beauty of the kill?
Are they equipped for that transforming vision
which shifts in tiny valves give rise to?
I like to think that different kinds of death
are possible, that bioluminescence grants
“the brightness of the spirit of the Lord”,
at least, a consciousness of ravishment,
to creatures that can’t help themselves,
helpless for light.
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