-Jenny and the sand-star-

the sand-star

scooped from the inch of its planet

is the size of a thumbnail.
finger-tipping

the grains of sand all around it

she readies the living creature
at the palm of her hand
sleeved in a winter's glove
the sand-star's new, microfiber universe
to be photographed and then

the sand-star's released
to the crest of the beach and for a moment
she goes along for the ride.

                     Nauset, Massachusetts: 12 /11