Galls have large amounts of untapped poetic metaphoric potential. They symbolize:

-The incredibly interconnected genius of nature (duh)
-Parasitism
AND
-Nurture, caring

all at the same time...

I sense a poem brewing...

only problem with these sciencey poems I make is no poetry fans understand science well enough. Darn.

But think about it! It's beautiful and ugly at the same time- esp. that cross section, it's striking as all hell, almost astronomical-looking, a shining sun with rays of structure spreading out to the edge of the sphere it's contained in...a shining sun with a MAGGOT at the epicenter...(but maggots are cute babies XD )

Wow. I am having a serious 'wowed by the world' moment here.