Saturday, February 13, 2010

Bulb

Suspended from the evergreens

amorphous limbs, the glistening

red bulb spins.

As if a tiny spider were

spinning its spittle

tightly round that shiny dome.

With its fishing hook sunk

into the skin of a fissure,

it awaits to be packaged

again. Starring out with comatose

eyes, the bulb hibernates beneath

the creaky wooden stairs

until next year, when it

can be spun in the web

of tradition once again.

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