across flagstone toward
the woodshed
i mark summers end
in snails trails,
sparkling
like frost
in the extreme case
the minimum requirement of art is
that it is better than it's maker
the art is the teacher
the maker
is the follower
i am reminded
of the spider's art
discovered
one summer day
drifting gently
in a shaft of morning light
against the shadows
of the woodshed
at a distance,
curious about
what appeared to be
a small, animated cloud
closer inspection revealed
a loosly woven
semi-spherical web
that was being alternately
inverted on up-drafts
the filaments in sunlight
seemed to be coloured.
engineered perhaps
to attract the attention
of flying insects
(the photo below is a detail from the spider web photos)
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