NOVEMBER GIFT

for me and the solitary spider

outside my kitchen window

unusually warm

allowing one more day of life

repair of its web for visitors

almost certain not to arrive

finishing the dishes

I contemplate the pointlessness

envious of the spider’s lack of concern

at what tomorrow may not bring

had planned lugging the camera to work

the same species commonplace in summer

outside my office window

set the zoom on macro

snap a whole roll of film

wondering if my subject’s aware

its fifteen minutes of fame

has all but passed away

overnight

the temperature drops

morning kitchen window empty again

but for a new web

without a spider

poem and photo © 2000 Chris Sorrenti