"True influence over another comes not from a moment's eloquence nor from any happily chosen word, but from the accumulation of a lifetime's thoughts stored up in the eyes."
Thornton Wilder
Cobweb
Out of the corner of my eye I spy
industrious weaving of lacy strands
tying picture frames to bookcase,
reminding me to let my eyes linger
© 2007 Susan K. Barton
This is in response to Bijou *~Mamacat~* M.'s "Cobwebs"--4 Line Poem Challenge
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Comments: 19
I dutifully dismantled the entire web and took the book I sought.When I came back only a day later, there was a challenge in evidence because the web had been recreated just a well established as the first.
Again I dismantled the web just as thoroughly as the first time. Have seen it again soI guess it wasmore practical to re-locate. Good Spider. Good Spider.
Sometimes, I like to find them and help them by providing a container and transport service to get them back outside--especially the larger species. I tend to believe that they will remember not to bite me or climb over me while I sleep. Has worked so far...my husband usually kills them and the one that landed on him actually made a thump when it fell from his arm to the bed. In the years I have been watching out for them, only one managed to land on my head then fall to the sink while i washed dishes. And it was not quite large enough to make a thumping sound! wheeewww