JUST this ONCE (haibun)

JUST THIS ONCE

stop talking at me—

understand the silence

I blow at it

as it runs across the keyboard

[a beautiful form] the size of a match

head with multiple legs and rounded back

translucent, bright

from the depths of its evolution

an involuntary reaction

pulling into itself

it folds up—

the tiny spider stays

very still as if under a rock

or a leaf, and I can't see it, shining red

on the letter D

.................... [for diversion]

you need not

shout—simply face me

when you speak

published Haibun Today Sept 2008