Art by Jess Nguyen
The koi fish ripple the pond,
loosening a watery laneway
in the dull hunt for sustenance.
Their mouths, in perfect Os,
gape at reflections mistaken for food.
As it so happens, the spider has
woven its web carefully across
the pond, trusting two rocks
to hold its home mere centimetres
above the koi-kissed surface.
Just like us, and ever-precariously,
the spider lives in this beautiful
and dangerous world.