Black wasp creeping
across the floor
too weak to fly.
Spider thread
so fine it can’t be seen
except in slanted light
crossing the artist’s easel
unused for the past century
since his death.
Scattered illuminations
from fragmented lives.
Bionote
Anne Whitehouse is the author of the following poetry collections: The Surveyor's Hand, Blessings and Curses, Bear in Mind, One Sunday Morning, and The Refrain. Her novel, Fall Love, is available as a free ebook from Feedbooks and Smashwords. She was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, graduated from Harvard College and Columbia University, and lives in New York City.