Umbrella Manifesto

They do not realize

that we are really spiders.

Even when they see our webs


with something trapped in them


or our delicate legs


or even our egg clusters.


No matter how sophisticated we appear


lush and romantic


evocative and fragile


or stately and dramatic


our hearts are savage steel springs!


Robert Frost glimpsed the truth of us.


We lurk in unexpected places


in vast throngs.


Some day we'll make our move...


in rain


in sun


by sea


by air!


We have allies.


We are masters of disguise.


We are both great


and small.


We are legion


and our day is dawning!


Image credits:
we are really spiders by Nea Smyrni; our webs by GrimaPP; something trapped by san san; delicate legs by Neke Moor; egg clusters by Nancy Horowitz; sophisticated by Adam Lambert-Gorwyn; lush and romantic by Sabrina Olivetti; evocative and fragile by Renee Russell; stately and dramatic by Jade Colley; steel springs by Celal Teber; glimpsed the truth by Felix Starcea; unexpected places by Jake Levin; vast throngs by Charles Wilson; make our move by Mario Alberto Magallanes Trejo; in sun by Cecile Geng; in rain by Rodolfo Clix; by sea by Rodolfo Clix; by air by Lucretious; allies by Emre Nacigil; disguise by Karunakar Rayker; great by Ana Schaeffer; small by foxumon; legion by Rita Mezzela; dawning by Cat Norris

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