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A Spider

Over and over / from some small / dark pit, / it spun out / a whole world / for itself

By Souvankham Thammavongsa

A SPIDER

 

made

 

this

 

 

It hadn’t been

 

 

damaged

 

 

and if it had been,

 

 

it was built back

 

 

over night

 

Over and over

 

from some small

 

dark pit,

 

 

it spun out

 

a whole world

 

 

for itself

 

 

Nothing

 

could come close

 

and even in its brevity

 

 

it will outlast

 

our dim little buildings