Friday, March 18, 2016

Mikaela Castledine #77 Tell the Spider

Tell the spider
when you go back down to the garage
that I am sorry

I saw the web in my headlights
across the driveway down by the creek
the night before last
there was nothing to do but push through
slowly hoping
he would cling to the bonnet
already crafting the story of the time
he caught that enormous prey
rode on the wave of its throes
all the way up to the house
where he was sure he had subdued it
then disheartened found it
an inedible carcass
and set up home somewhere new

I'm sorry he chose the doorway
you were barrelling through
don't be angry
he was having a tough couple of days
you were probably
his second large disappointment

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