FLOAT
summertime glass and pavement
the dandylions at the edge of the sidewalk
have suddenly become white haired,
solitary globes
brittle
they are nearly nothing
nearly disparate pieces dust motes and drift
clocks waiting to explode
arcane air.
nomads
launched like roman legions on the breeze
they settle everywhere you can float to
About this Series:
Dust has a secret life in cities. It moves in moats and eddies between buildings, down streets, along the banks of the river. Lifting up and rolling along your front step, or thorough an abandoned industrial lot. Each speck of dust floats separately, its movement entirely contingent on everything around it.
In the spring and summer dandylion seeds, or “achenes” travel the breezeways. Marking the invisible movements of air, briefly, to our sight, with their slow passage.
Dandylion flowers, a compound package of many small flower heads called “florets”, mature into spherical seed heads sometimes dubbed “blowballs” or “clocks”.
Dandylions belong to a group of plants called “ruderals”, meaning “of rubble”, which is the first to colonize disturbed areas. The flowers that will grow are edible, hardy and widespread. Like Roman legions these clones are launched; by a breeze, or your breath. They settle everywhere.
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