Every Role Indispensable

Sophistication of Survival requires even simple
single celled organisms play indispensable roles

algae shares photosynthetic storage solar cells
essential in coral sustaining oxygen exchange

fish and anemone teach us life-relations
beyond conceptual friend/enemy identities

tooth-pick cleaner fish
promote oral hygiene like fearless miners
foraging micro-leftovers from mouths of sharks

bacterium provide bi-product metabolites
promoting healthy cellulose digestion amongst termites
all parts play distinguished nuanced roles
participating in natures precipitous micro-energy-exchange

even feces serves the greater good - life enriching organic waste
fruit seeds pass intact along intestinal tract
proliferating green-growth furthering future plant-life

poem by Gregory Allen Uhan
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