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betteroffbadwhen jellyfish sleep do they imagine stone
or squashing against the security of bone
as some children are said to thirst for boundaries
even as they squeeze between the bars of abandoned foundries
fish never close their eyes I heard somewhere I don't remember where
jellyfish drift long and loose like your best friend's hair
in the third grade when you all argued about who would put it into braids
when rich people sleep do they dream of the perfect maids
fish go on lidlessly staring into the sea
but jellyfish in one sense are more like you and me
having no eyes at all they must always be dreaming
stingers and futures and fantasies streaming
my regrets and my reveries ribbon and ring me
if I stepped on a jellyfish it would probably sting me
or squashing against the security of bone
as some children are said to thirst for boundaries
even as they squeeze between the bars of abandoned foundries
fish never close their eyes I heard somewhere I don't remember where
jellyfish drift long and loose like your best friend's hair
in the third grade when you all argued about who would put it into braids
when rich people sleep do they dream of the perfect maids
fish go on lidlessly staring into the sea
but jellyfish in one sense are more like you and me
having no eyes at all they must always be dreaming
stingers and futures and fantasies streaming
my regrets and my reveries ribbon and ring me
if I stepped on a jellyfish it would probably sting me
