The Spider and the Fly
Involved are the spider and the fly.
Together they have woven this
Morning’s web, the fly as much
As the spider. For, no fly, no web.
The spider simply supplied the silk.
The fly supplied the design.
In this way, what we believe
We alone have made another
Has collaborated in making.
We are working towards God
And God towards us like miners
Tunneling from either side
Of the mountain. But back
To the spider and the fly.
Who is it who is really caught?
After all, the fly flies, while
The spider sits in her web forever.