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jellyfish

Cindy Zhou (writer), Nini Li (graphics)

<p>Cindy Zhou shares her creative piece on jellyfish.</p>

Creative

life in a floating globe
sploosh sploosh bioluminescent
flower hat
learning the ocean roof
a lover’s brushstrokes
secrets wriggle underfoot
squirmish caterpillars
twenty-four eyes
darting across the sea tank
a tidal flow-ebbing boxer
muted majesty
Medusozoan lion mane
watch out
for the
lightning infused veins
a flashlight Kodak salon
speckled dancer
in a kitschy cabaret
brainless nerve net
fearing nothing but
the turtle