A Spider on My Windowsill

A spider on my windowsill,
her art, stretched in the sun:
aglimmer, the colors fill;
the wind flaps what she spun.
O little spider in the glass,
what dreams have brought you here?
O little weaver, arachnid lass,
live you for love or fear?
And hunger knows what hunger is,
yet hungers all the same,
for in the last analysis,
the hunt is just a game.
So, string your little web, my child;
you're God's creation too.
The world is bright, the world is wild,
and I'm mortal as you.
Like you, part instinct and part craft,
we both must cast a spell—
What hear I now? I fear you laughed,
but that's a dream as well.

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