On Being Solute

by Jon Caswell


Sea foam races toward shore,

marking the tide on the beach,

where sand and sea intermingle

to create luminous pink bubbles.

A colony of them floats on the waves

with the aplomb of a bull-rider—

only to be left stranded at high tide.

Evanescent bubbles populate the beach

in iridescent mounds, effervescing

out of turbulence only to evaporate in the wind

or melt back into the surf.

Do they perceive themselves?

Do they devolve or progress?

Do bubbles aspire and transcend,

or are they just form—

subdividing nothing into something?


Which of these lines contains a metaphor?

A

"out of turbulence only to evaporate in the wind"

B

"A colony of them floats on the waves"

C

"only to be left stranded at high tide"

D

"a moment without time, mind you,"


I think it's either B or C. Please explain why it is!