Life Is Remarkable In The Extreme Poem by Mark Heathcote

Life is remarkable in the extreme
When you consider upstream or down
How things survived whatever the ravine
Whatever, befalls, life, won't be drowned.

It won't-be frozen in Siberian-permafrost
There are nematode worms more than 42,000yrs-old
Wriggling into life, well preserved, behold
That has survived just about every holocaust.

It's truly miraculous how things endure
Like an insect that survives in space
"Tardigrades" are incredible in their lowly demeanour
They're miracles of nature with a screwed up face.