SPIDER MEDITATION: A Tribute to Arachnid Samurai in softly swaying branches of a giant cedar tree a spider sits on silken cords suspended in a breeze resting between bark chunks and sharp cedar needles quietly it waits for a moment where accident creates opportunity and a passing insect becomes tasty chopsuey Chariya: Patience: that's essential for a good hunter. An-Yi: Yeah, most of what we call "life" is a essentially a matter of waiting: only a few key moments are crucial. Everything else is an interlude. Bhäraté: I'm not so sure. Perhaps everything is important in its own way. Isn't spinning a thread is just as important as resting on a leaf? Daiki: (shaking his head) Maybe, but all this talk of spiders makes me feel yucky. Bhäraté: Yeah, I don't like the idea of being somebody else's food. An-Yi: Hey, we're all designed to be recycled. Eventually the worms, spiders, & bacteria will feast on your corpse. ===================================================================================== from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A conversation and poem about patience, predatory spiders, and recycling. KEYWORDS: restful alertness, stealthy predators, critical incidents, arachnids Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1993 in Kyoto, Japan ≜ Finished: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/shanghai.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/chuan.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: https://www.tnewfields.info/de/arm.htm ESPAÑOL: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/ara.htm FRANÇAIS: https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/arai.htm NIHONGO: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kumo.htm