spider on the ferris wheel as serious as everything is these days there is a spider living on a ferris wheel there is a spider living on a ferris wheel that wakes up spinning out of control on a contraption it cannot comprehend a contraption made for the curious pleasure of higher beings. from this spider’s point of reference, the silky web is fixed against two metal struts the two metal struts are fixed against the rim there is a large pod nearby, swaying with gravity from time to time, food can be found in the web from time to time, weather knocks down the web up and down and around like a clock life is a series of starts and stops First published in Ethos Literary Journal