Midnight Snack Foolishness

MIDNIGHT SNACK FOOLISHNESS From her hole to check, our spider made late night dash She’d find some inept fly trying to do a brash Walk on her web-of-the day. Then she’d catch the fly, feed her kids, then sleep the night away. After a tough day dodging grandma’s blows with The Times, Just then spider and I both I heard the chimes. Just started getting my slippers on And soon by 2 a m to bed I’m gone Moving silently and in a hurry. Spider didn’t see me as she thought of her kids with worry Then she saw a tasty crumb of god knows what Lying on the floor in a mid-room spot And decided to stop and take it home for the kids instead. Lucky for her that grandma had already gone to bed. Now, my instinct is not to kill but to move these guys Out into the yard on a piece of paper of small size, But I thought I’d give her a warning to show How foolish her mid-floor stop had been, though. I pursed my lips and blew gently on her and she started to run Back to her hole where she had begun. A peaceful end to the events of the day : Grandma’s now in bed snoring away, She has killed nothing from the wild, But I’ll dream of spider’s foolish stop to feed her child. 20 April 2021 ..