名人诗歌|Dusting

Thank you for these tiny

particles of ocean salt，

pearl-necklace viruses，

winged protozoans：

for the infinite，

intricate shapes

of submicroscopic

living things.

For algae^{1 spores2}

and fungus^{3 spores，}

bonded^{4 by vital}

mutual^{5 genetic6 cooperation，}

spreading their

inseparable lives

from equator to pole.

My hand， my arm，

make sweeping^{7 circles.}

Dust climbs the ladder of light.

For this infernal， endless chore，

for these eternal seeds of rain：

Thank you. For dust.