by Desmond Egan
exhausted banging buzzing
how baffled he is as
he crawls is crawling
against the pane of
all the bright beyond
watch that web
its speedy spider
poor tetchy little creature
thrown like us against things
so totally puzzling and yet
pressing as daylight
I will coax him
resisting onto a paperback
push open the side window let him
take wing off into
the wonderful outdoors
beyond the shiny ivy
may the like happen
to us of little faith
