Ed DeCaria - Another school dream (this time with a spider)

Another school dream (this time with a spider) 

I 

drop 

into a dream — 

    down 

    through my 

    classroom ceiling 

    and land 

         plop! 

    in my 

    moonlit 

    chair. 

    I 

    stare 

    at my 

    fingers 

         tracing 

            forever ago 

         scratches 

             in my 

         desk. 

    I lean forward, 

         touch 

             nose 

             to wood 

         and breathe 

    then bend back 

        to 

    peek inside 

        my cubby. 

       A young spider spots me, 

             crawls to a corner, and 

              curls into 

                  nothing, 

             just as she was taught. 

                  I wave a little pinky-wave — 

and wake up 

smiling.

©Ed DeCaria. All rights reserved. 

It's a pleasure for me to have Ed DeCaria here at 30 Poets/30 Days. Some of you here might know Ed from his amazing Madness Poetry event, where he works behind the scenes to throw an annual poetry event that is extraordinary (and a blast). 

And some of you might know him from StorySeer - which you totally need to check out if you are at all interested in author visits. Seriously. Go hence!

And those are two great reasons to know Ed DeCaria. But you also need to know him as a poet since he is one. And cuz the rule of threes. So, read, click links, and on we go...