Hive Ave Fall2024 - Flipbook - Page 25
Hive Avenue Literary Journal
Poetry
The same kindness
Carrie Penrod
The spider is no bigger
than my pinky nail. A small
orangish-brown thing
with black ink-blot tests
on her back. She’s made
her web on the window
inside the back door
where she will surely
starve on phantom bugs
that, despite her best-crafted
web, never seem to get caught.
I take pity on her, carefully
move her to a place
outside and wish someone
would show me the same kindness.
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