Good Cover
By Hans Ostrom
Palest green spider, color
of vichyssois, a droplet of fog
with 8 legs: it was under one
of my garden shoes outside.
Kicked out of its room,
it walked a while in that
hovering, syncopated way,
always amazing.
I put the shoe on and wished
the spider well, hoped it would
reach dirt and plants–good
cover–soon.
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