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Dew, mist, today’s light rain shower,
exposed her artistry, her precision
that which she meant to hide...
 
Droplets heavy on the gossamer
jewels festooned on the threads,
the lattice of her craft, her handiwork.
 
Strands of pearls more than strung, knitted,
hung as if weightless in space...
outlining this creator’s masterpiece...
 
Each time she stitched the lines,
casting her net into the breeze,
what would normally be invisible, hidden...
 
Panes of deadly glass glazed to capture,
her prey in her clutches, the unwise,
the unseeing, falling onto her trap...
 
Her adorned confection, a tapestry,
her trap, shown in its beauty,
by the furtive wet...
 
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Edited July 17, 2026
droplets heavy on the gossamer – v5
 
Edited December 23, 2023
droplets heavy on the gossamer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer-v4.html
December 22, 2023
Conjuring a dream, a moment, a memory – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/conjuring-dream-moment-memory-v3.html
Edited December 22, 2022
Conjuring a dream, a moment, a memory – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/conjuring-dream-moment-memory-v2.html
Edited December 15, 2022
droplets heavy on the gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer.html
 
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