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the bright

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the bright
november 11/06


this is a lonely room of drawn curtains and lengthy shadows,
where i wake to the sight of a familiar spider spinning lovely webs.

in the morning I funnel any drop of luminosity into a porcelain coffee cup.

and come the eventide i offer up this liquid light,
gently dying the webs as a sun-bleached white
as i quietly watch the spider’s last flight,
sailing over my head and into the light.

and tomorrow i will wake to a foreign sight;
torn up curtains and a sun-bleached spider laying in the bright.
Well, well.

Suggested soundtrack: "I Found a Reason" by Cat Power


Thanks for stopping by,
Alie
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lemonzest's avatar
Short but nice.