desert pollination

 

carpenter bees in the morning

honey bees in the afternoon

creosote bush doesn’t seem to care

 

sun spider in the night

 

a sun spider ran into the circle of our lantern light

stole an insect from the swarm there

and dragged it back into the darkness

 

on progress in evolution

 

organisms don’t strive to evolve

merely passengers

no final destination

 

(a student on my final exam in evolution)