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Wishes for a Spider

In the whole wide world (and even wider),
I wish you were the happiest spider, 
and so, I wish you, sadly, with a sigh, 
a helpless fly...so you won't cry.

You can cover him up with slime,
a corrosive, digestive enzyme,
that he may very slowly die,
and I don't have to hear you cry.

Copyright © David Crandall | Year Posted 2025

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Gershon Wolf Date: 2/3/2025 9:20:00 PM Little Miss Muffet is patiently waiting offstage for her turn at your creative imagination, David... ~ Curds and Whey Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 2/4/2025 3:28:00 PM Dear Curds and Whey, see my latest poem, "Dear Miss Muffet". David Crandall Date: 2/4/2025 7:10:00 AM Wow, yesterday, I was just thinking that exact same thing, and scrawled a few notes, so I wouldn't forget. Then, I got distracted with contests. I'm hoping with the next week or so, to have a poem out entitled something like "Dear Miss Muffet". It's uncanny that you read my mind. Maybe, I'm too predictable.

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh Date: 2/3/2025 8:21:00 PM The unbalanced relationship between the spider and fly -a nice metaphor. Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 2/3/2025 9:01:00 PM I think I was just semi-consciously being funny, but your analysis makes me feel like it was better than I thought it was. I think it's very interesting. The subconscious mind may have a rhyme or reason that the conscious mind is not aware of. David Crandall Date: 2/3/2025 8:57:00 PM I hadn't really thought too much writing that (probably shows), but yes, we're talking about killing a fly by slow torture, just to avoid a little discomfort in both the narrator and the spider - very unbalanced, and a metaphor, for aspects of society. I can see that.

Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/3/2025 6:59:00 PM Spiders, the bug with a beautiful face. Lol. I'm glad we are much larger. Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 2/3/2025 8:53:00 PM In the Harry Potter books, I seem to remember they had a spider creature that was bigger than people -scary!

Tom Woody Date: 2/3/2025 3:30:00 PM I have only one wish for a spider and it rhymes with splat! Oh wait, it is splat Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 2/3/2025 6:38:00 PM lol, I dunno why - I've always had a soft spot for the little fellas. Uhoh, that may say something about me.

Jan Allison Date: 2/3/2025 2:06:00 PM I'm not a fan of spiders but this is fun and very descriptive David the second stanza made me smile:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 2/4/2025 2:10:00 AM Oh I loved Charlotte's web as a child lol David Crandall Date: 2/3/2025 2:51:00 PM Glad you got a smile, Jan. Have you ever read Charlotte's Web? If I remember correctly, in that book they describe what a spider does to a fly, and I'll admit, it isn't pretty, so I can see your stance, with regards to spiders (lol) :-)