Dusk

By Rae Armantrout
spider on the cold expanse
of glass, three stories high
rests intently
and so purely alone.

I’m not like that!

Copyright Credit: Rae Armantrout, “Dusk” from Veil: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 2001 by Rae Armantrout. Reprinted with the permission of Wesleyan University Press.
Source: Veil: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan University Press, 2001)