TheBanyanTree: A SPIDER’S LAST OF THE AUTUMN THREADS

[Mike Pingleton]

I like it, Sharon.  I'm hoping your little arachnid friend finds shelter
soon.
I've taken several spiders on tours of other states.  I sometimes notice
one hanging on to the windshield wipers, or on the side mirror, and hope
I'm not messing things up too badly by taking them somewhere else.

-Mike

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 6:35 AM, <smack58 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> A SPIDER’S LAST OF THE AUTUMN THREADS
>
> What are you doing out there?
> Shouldn’t you be dead by now?
> The frost has already been here
> Whitening the ground,
> Yet I see your silver threads
> Glinting in the sun
> Across my windshield
> As though you had somewhere to go.
>
>
> Could it have been my warm engine
> After I arrived home
> Yesterday afternoon?
> Did it save you from the frost?
> Will you be here another day?
> Will it be your last?
>
>
> I will look for your silver threads tomorrow.
> I will look for them everyday
> Until the absence of them tells me you are finally gone.
> Then, and only then
> Will I know that winter is truly on its way?
>
> (c) Sharon Mack
>