Spirals Vast and Microscopic

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From spiral galaxies of various

Configurations to ammonia

Elphidium and multifarious

Small creatures, clusters of valonia,

Right down to microscopic angel wings

In dance upon a pinhead, spirals spill

Across the cosmos.  Crawling brittle stars

Give tiny creatures death in crunching thrill.

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The chambered nautilus lies in between

These spirals and the tiny Nudibranch

Nudibranch – Wikipedia

And tiniest of Rotaliida seen

Molecular identification of Ammonia and Elphidium species (Foraminifera, Rotaliida) from the Kiel Fjord (SW Baltic Sea) with rDNA sequences | Helgoland Marine Research | Springer Nature Link

In forest coral, crawling in their tranche.

  The spirals populate the widest skies

     And deepest depths in pinioned forms and size.

Spiral galaxy,                     chambered nautilus           and Rotaliida

©  Phillip Whidden