Literature
Amber
The spider doesn't know it, but it's already dead
Limbs trapped in the resin
the flow faster than expected
a flash flood of burning orange
Entombed, encased, it suffocates
looking out on the world it will never touch again
The mind shuts down, the long legs stop moving
and it is trapped eternally
Existence is a memory
framed in its final moments, in the amber
A grim method of destruction
These days
we have much more efficient means of trapping the soul
Take the camera
Cheese, cries the photographer
and we all turn, mouths open, teeth clenched together
We are having fun, our faces our saying
We are enjoying ourselves
a little play performed f