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Come Into My Parlour-A Collaboration Between Arlo Parker and the Mean Girls

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Her name was Susan and she was breathtaking. She could spin a poem into a spider’s web strength and ethereal wisps. I was smitten beyond reason. Captured by lust quickly tuning toward love. Then the however happened. However, Susan was adept at spinning a gossamer web Silently, she captured victims blinded with lust like this one whose idea of loving her went bust Susan was a mean girl, a Black Widow weaver she encased him in a silk cocoon... until her appetite for a meal woke her from peaceful rest A smile on her face, legs crossed... all eight of them. Patiently, she waited while giving herself a mani/pedi Susan sat drooling at the thought of lunch She decided she better dress for dinner after all… her lunch date was just hanging around. She looked such a temptress With scarlet lipstick smeared over her face And perfectly manicured talons She set to work unwrapping her prey Ready to nibble him down to the bone Susan’s prey appeared all debonair with bells on She could see through his charming but fake façade He saw her eyes glimmer, her lips red and inviting She offered him a kiss as she wrapped her eight legs around him His eyes bulged as she kissed his lips while suffocating him in her web He begged her to stop as she drank from his mouth, until he was silenced The above verses were inspired by a prompt given to poets, Jan, Tania and Lin, by Arlo Parker, who wrote the first verse. We give credit to Arlo for inspiring us to write these verses; a joint venture of Arlo Parker and the mean girls.

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Date: 10/12/2023 10:03:00 AM
This is great! Superb collaboration and a stinging write. You go, girls! And thank you Arlo for inspiring this!!! :)
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/12/2023 10:06:00 AM
Hi, Linda and thanks a bunch for reading and leaving your great remarks.
Date: 10/9/2023 1:40:00 PM
All baiting aside this really is (as Paula said) a powerful stand alone poem Lin, even for a collaboration with Arlo and the mythical mean girls, anyway Susan is a terrific gal even with all her 8 legs crossed, what a creepy line lol, cheers David
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Jan Allison
Date: 10/9/2023 9:25:00 PM
lol your comment made me smile Lin:-) hugs jan x
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/9/2023 1:49:00 PM
Susan is a mean girl, so Arlo's gift of her was a fun way to initiate her into the club. lol I have to take the blame/credit for crossing all those legs. She had to do it for the mani/pedi. No self-respecting mean girl has untidy nails. Thanks, David.
Date: 10/9/2023 12:55:00 PM
I went down and found this.... What a powerful write/story. My hat is off to each of you. Have a wonderful day writing away..............
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/9/2023 12:58:00 PM
Thanks for your thoughts, Paula. We appreciate your visit.
Date: 10/9/2023 10:26:00 AM
Well done “mean girls “ I wonder if the usual suspects will get upset at one of theirs collaborating with the enemy. Lol sweetie
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Jan Allison
Date: 10/9/2023 12:47:00 PM
No Mark as "intelligent people" they are too busy writing comments as on his blog lol hugs jan xx
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/9/2023 10:31:00 AM
Wait… what? Enemies here on a poetry site? How do we tell the good guys from the bad guys?
Date: 10/9/2023 7:31:00 AM
Got to thank Arlo for the prompt:-) After recent events I wasn't sure how long it would take me to get writing again:-) hugs Jan xx
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/9/2023 7:47:00 AM
I do know, Jan. ;-( Oh, pish tosh to being baited. Trivialities in life are not worth addressing.
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Jan Allison
Date: 10/9/2023 7:42:00 AM
As you know Lin there is a lot going on in my life, I am delighted to be writing again and we mustn't let the bully/troll get us down by baiting us with blogs we can't comment on:-) hugs Jan xx
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/9/2023 7:33:00 AM
aww Jan. Then we owe Arlo even more gratitude for giving you a jump start to write again. You have lots of poets who love you here, and we're all hoping you'll be fine, Jan.

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