I almost missed it
I almost obliterated it.
A tiny dust mote of a spider
with tight-fisted legs working on a filament
visible in only one direction
backlit by sunlight
it slides down the invisible silk
and climbs back up again
maybe to check on a repair
finally free-falling into an abrupt stop.
Drifting ever so slightly
I blow on it so it swings
and walk off
to get a pad and pencil.
I almost missed it again
unlike the meadowlark atop a pole
more like the mist
of a morning cloud
that speck of being there
not there
a tiny white glove
swinging on a thread.
ag ~ 2014
