spiders
cast
their slender threads
across
my door . . .
how
little it takes to weave
one’s
own confinement
--A Hundred Gourds 2:3, June 2013
snakeskins
in
my cellar—
brittle
and
translucent
these
shed selves
--GUSTS
18, Fall/Winter 2013
What a good pairing here. Perfect imagery - both delicate and strong - to describe our inner workings. I remember them well, and I find myself reading "how little it takes...confinement" over and over.
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