The Heavens at Every Step

And God made…every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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more insects in one square mile of meadow

than humans on the whole of Earth

200 million to one

a universe of bugs

the heavens at every step.

Poem ©2017, Jen Payne. National Poetry Month, 22. Bible reference: Genesis 1:24-25. Image: Insects, Theodor Severin Kittelsen.