Scott

It is a huge spider, which can no longer move; a spider which is colorless, whose body, a head and an abdomen, is bleeding.Today I watched it with great care. With what tremendous energy to every side it was stretching out its many feet.And I have been thinking of its invisible eyes, the death-bringing pilots of the spider.It is a spider which was shivering, fixed on the sharp ridge of a stone; the abdomen on one side, and on the other the head.With so many feet the poor thing, and still it cannot solve it! And seeing it confused in such great danger, what a strange pain that traveler has given me today!It is a huge spider, whose abdomen prevents him from following his head. And I have been thinking of his eyes and of his many, many feet... And what a strange pain that traveler has given me!-- Cesar Vallejo (translated by Robert Bly)