As a child delights in the diffraction of squinting
As the German tourist focused so intently
On the coach down the third-base line
As if that were the essence of the game

How the mind shuttles
Between the special and the general
The leukocyte and the circulatory system
Which is really the circulo-pulmonary system
Or the circulo-pulmonary-digestive system

Add immunity
Add neurology
Add topography
Add genetics
Add astrophysics

The uniqueness of a donax
On a beach that stretches for miles
And the rotating tide that straddles the Gulf Stream

Add social norms and individual responsibility
Add cultural practices and the infinite postures of affect
Add the wisdom and error of the ages and the first time
You noticed that bird song
A stately solitary
Poo-tweet