March 3, 2018, 7:18 p.m.

the human clause

wonder systems

with curiosity
wind-blown sea foam
skims the legs of this
cyclical crab, scuttling in
for the eleventh time only
to be beached scowling
for the twelfth

it's scientifically risky — that is,
can lead to poor intuition and
experiment design — to
ascribe emotion to waves
and arthropods, but calling it
always "anthropomorphizing"
reveals a far greater shame, a
difficulty at considering
non-humans equal,
emotional, intelligent.

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