Banded snails are growing
paler shells to prevent
their bodies from baking.
The sea snake radiates
green light to find its prey
in fathoms further down.
Wild animals deprived
of native habitat
shrink to live in cities.
And these frogs with two heads:
what am I missing?
Their sleek, mottled bodies
can manage the extra
eyes they need to witness,
and the neurons they need,
as I do, to perceive
the coming horror.
