Monday, November 24, 2014

A modern take on Robert Frost's "Design"



Design
Gabriela Monasterio
After Frost
A healthy spider,
Perched on a white flower, clutching a white moth
Like a white sheet, stretched tight-
Fortunes of death and pain
Mixing before the morning light,
Like a witch’s brew-
A snowy white spider, a lacy flower,
A papery moth carried with care.
                                                
Why were they colored so,
The two in white and blue?
What guided the insect and arachnid,
What brought them together that night?
What dark being designs such darkness?-
But to make such small, cruel decisions.       

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