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spider web

Spinner of the silken snare, 
Fell Arachne in your lair, 
Tell me, if your powers can tell, 
How you do your work so well! 

Weaving on in light and dark, 
Segment and concentric arc, 
Lace-like, gossamer designs, 
Strict to geometric lines
.

–Henry Sylvester Cornell (1831–86)

Sunday, August 26, 2018
238th day of the year
Autumn begins in 27 days

Branford Marsalis (musician) was born on this day in 1960.
Dominick Dunne (American writer and investigative journalist) died on this day in 2009.


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