MARBLED SPIDER
Its web stretches
across the trail. A deer fly brushes
its sticky center. The spider
watches as it struggles.
As the web stills,
the spider crawls down,
wraps the body in a cocoon,
injects its venom.
The spider sucks
its capture dry, snips the silken
husk from the snare,
removing any hint of death.
Broken threads
repaired, the spider slides
under a leaf, legs poised
for another capture.
jellyfish whispers jun3 2015
