The Writer

by David Handsher

dust floats
across the window

gray spider still
in its web

an umade bed
clothes on the floor

somewhere the apple
falls from a tree

unattended harvest
tarnished by the sun

waiting for the tug
on the silent web

waiting for the guiding hand
waiting for the voice

inside your head
waiting for the bushel

waiting for the moment
when God spoke to Abraham

waiting for the broom