So many “here”s and so many “there”s
scurrying like little ants to their “anywhere”s
So many whens and so many hows
rushing to work or driving their plows
This many fingers how old am eye
that many soaring jets polluting the sky
Which way is right when all ways are wrong
beyond the grip of time need not move along
So many wants and not many whys
running for cover telling their lies
So many sorrows and not enough joys
too many war rifles making dead boys
This many dollars and not enough love
that many looking down but not up above
Which crazy leader as they kiss his hind end
damning the environment without earth as a friend
[Note: The photographs are of Painted Fire Red Shrimp that i keep as pets and breed. No, we do not have a name for each individual shrimp; however, you are welcome to try! 🙂 They do not need a heater — liking cold water — and eat very little, having a very low bioload. They are becoming increasingly more popular as aquarium pets. I really like them, as they are very interesting, comical, and do not fight amongst each other. In the lower photograph, many are grouped together in one corner of the aquarium; that is because it is feeding time, and that area is where i feed them twice a day. Note that some have cleverly discovered that they do not have to share the little sinking, white food pellets as much if they can snatch them off of the bottom and take them up the walls of the Matten Sponge Filter. I also have (in other aquariums) a couple of other varieties. One variety is called Snowball Shrimp; the females carry, for over a month, many white eggs (inside of them, that you can see), and they look like pure white snowballs.]
Painted Fire Red Shrimp (1) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
Painted Fire Red Shrimp (2) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
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