Tardigrade Tea Party

Tardigrade Tea Party The chimney borrowed thunder From a pocket full of rain, While a velvet water bear Rode a teaspoon like a train. The rooftops grew umbrellas, The clouds wore paper hats, And all the patient pigeons Learned to gossip with the cats. Chorus Oh, little tardigrade, Captain of the dew, How many tiny galaxies Have hidden inside you? You wave with eight small dancing feet, You yawn beneath the moss. You never seem to worry much About what's gained or lost. The moon misplaced its spectacles Inside a buttercup. The river drank the evening sky And couldn't fill its cup. The smokestacks puffed out dandelions, The bricks began to bloom, And every rusty window frame Invented extra room. Bridge If tomorrow folds itself Into a walnut shell, We'll sail across a puddle Where impossible things dwell. Final Chorus Oh, little tardigrade, Keeper of the small, Perhaps the tiniest travelers Know the biggest roads of all. We'll pack our boots with stardust, Our pockets full of blue, And wave goodbye to gravity— It never quite knew what to do.