Spiders have been out of favor in our household. And with the cats as my army, they don't often survive. We don't like spiders because we thought they nip at the soft ears of our dogs. Still, when I stumbled across their gifts of lace woven atop bushes, I confess to regret that I have had to be cruel to them. But their beautiful gifts made me google them today, and I learned that we've been wrong: spiders are not or are rarely dangerous inside homes. This is yet another affirmation of how humans are this planet's most dangerous species--in part because we are careless about our thoughts. Apologies to these arachnids.
I Thought I Appreciated Beauty
When I discover
who made
white
silk
lace handkerchiefs
for my garden's
lush
green bushes,
my assumptions shift--
if my enemies
are creating
beauty,
how have they
become my
enemies?
What is this
world? How
should
I live in
this world?
How
have I become?
Who am
I?
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