UNTOLD


As dusk had fallen across the city the night before, the spider had clung to a glittering spiderweb strung between the spokes of a bicycle chained to a streetlight.

A breeze blew down the sidewalk.

A newspaper brochure fluttered by.

An aluminum can clattered past.

Then the air was still again.

In the fluorescent glow of a convenience store across the street, a human was standing at a payphone.

The spider hovered over the sidewalk on strands of silk, sensing the world through the vibrations in the thread.