SIMPLE SPIDER STORY

SIMPLE SPIDER STORY Palsy poison spider bickering, binding, biting sparring, stinging, scampering creeping in crevices cocooned coded crooked cock-eyed Here, there, everywhere Scorpions enticed bicolour eyes broken webs of gravity’s return to sting a billion bites boggling so drenched in poison they polluted rivers and valleys alike Here, there, everywhere Palsy spider died a peevish death a pensive peony covered her crevice soon after hatched another fat on a slick strawberry hat no more unruly rushing, roving Here, there, everywhere Watching a world pass by through feather ferns fickle weaving Toltec threads to tickle looking glasses glowed in unison ladybirds crawled cowering, to cater No here, no there, no everywhere Silver-black spider wrangled open legged over her webs a phantom from below or above fat on slick strawberry hats smiling savoury sleepily across flowered forest floors fleshy No here, no there, no everywhere Hairy legs entwined another eight sixteen swirled curled spun sinless secretly into seductive moist nights earth deep saffron spelled spoils simple spider coiled a sacred foil No here, no there, no everywhere ©GhairoDanielsPoetry&Song 2001/edit2024