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Sunday, 22 September 2019

A Spider Trapped in its Own Web



As if trapped in its own web,
The spider is rigid as a rock,
And stiller than a crocodile.
Is it alive? Dead?
Does blood flow through its veins?
Does it have a beating heart?
What's it waiting for?

It is deeper than asleep.
More near-death.
And from the pomposity
Of the human mind and kind,
The spider's stillness
Can be taken for death... or lazyness.

The spider seems devoid of intent
And genetic purpose.
It's been there for days. Perhaps weeks.
It hasn't moved a millimeter.
Yet everything is in place -
And according to nature.
There's nothing wrong.
Nothing can be wrong.

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