EN PLEIN AIR

While the spider

mimicked the rings 

of the HVAC system 

on the ground below 

in her elaborate webbed design

the sun, the great circular

heating source in the sky

drew with amazing accuracy 

the arachnid artist 

in shadowed repose 

on the wood grain

along the side of the house.

All this finely rendered

portraiture 

was right there 

to behold 

in the open air

of my modest backyard.