09.01.2020

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Spiderweb

From other
angles the
fibers look
fragile, but
not from the
spider’s, always
hauling coarse
ropes, hitching
lines to the
best posts
possible. It’s
heavy work
everyplace,
fighting sag,
winching up
give. It
isn’t ever
delicate
to live.

Kay Ryan (2010. via Matthew Ogle’s daily “Pome” email list)

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i pause to consider this when hanging out the laundry today – my lines chosen so as not to interfere with the coarse ropes the tiny occupant would have had to haul and winch in order to claim their space