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.