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Created on: April 07, 2007 Last Updated: July 04, 2009
Caution
Walk in the woods.
Swing a stick to clear clinging webs
that turn invisible strands of glue
you feel, but cannot see.
Turn, feet searching
crooked path back through trees,
and you're sure to find the web you missed
catching your face
as a chubby yellow-backed spider
races for a laughing branch.
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