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Red-Capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), Orford, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
I wouldn't mind being born again as a Red-Capped Plover
If I were to be born again as a Fan-Tailed Cuckoo
or a Bassian Thrush
a Dusky Woodswallow
a Little Penguin
a Pink Robin
or a Superb Fairywren
I'd be on top of the world
If I were to be born again as a Bennett's Wallaby
I'd be over the moon
If I were to be born again as a Moon Jelly
a Bubble-Tip Anemone
a Venus Flytrap Anemone
or a Zebra-Striped Gorgonian Wrapper
life would begin again in a new and interesting way
for I would be beautiful
This old body of mine is on its last legs
anyway
If I could be born again
as a Red and White Christmas Tree Worm
I'd wish you a happy Christmas and be gone
into my feathery Christmas wreath in the deeps
a Little Penguin
a Pink Robin
or a Superb Fairywren
I'd be on top of the world
If I were to be born again as a Bennett's Wallaby
I'd be over the moon
If I were to be born again as a Moon Jelly
a Bubble-Tip Anemone
a Venus Flytrap Anemone
or a Zebra-Striped Gorgonian Wrapper
life would begin again in a new and interesting way
for I would be beautiful
This old body of mine is on its last legs
anyway
If I could be born again
as a Red and White Christmas Tree Worm
I'd wish you a happy Christmas and be gone
into my feathery Christmas wreath in the deeps
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo (Ccomantis flabelliformis), Bruny Island, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata), Bruny Island, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
A Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) parent feeding chicks in a nest at Mortimer Bay, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) family exiting burrow, Bruny Island, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
Pink Robin (Petroica rodogaster), Mount Field National Park, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), Male, Peter Murrell Reserve, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010
Bennett's Wallaby (Maacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus), Bruny Island, Tasmania: photo by Noodle snacks, 2010I
Adult Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita), Monterey Bay Aquarium: photo by Dante Alighieri, 2006
Bubble-Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor): photo by Nick Hobgood, 2006
Venus Flytrap Anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia), Gulf of Mexico: photo by Aquapix and Expedition to the Deep Slope, 2007 (NOAA)
Zebra-Striped Gorgonian Wrapper (Nemanthus annamensis), a type of colonial anemone: photo by Nick Hobgood, 2005
Red and White Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus giganteus) photo by Nick Hobgood, 2005
This post dedicated to Jane and Johnny
