As it was with warriors of old –
slaughtering wild beasts
for their wives & children,
to sustain them
& prove themselves –
so it is with you;
carrying the corpses of spiders
on the soles of your feet,
in sacrifice to me
& my phobia.
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cat and cricket
loser doesn’t jump
high enough
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a yellow spider
crouching in a corner
invisible webs
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Through the night
a mastered web
of silk so finely spun
catches dewdrops
as they fall
to shine in morning sun.
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spider
web a
cross
sun
light
through
it a
glow
a
long
lone
wire
fence
beaded
in
night
pearls
left
as
dawn
rose
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mason jar
filled with fireflies
laughing children
dance in the gloaming
on a summer eve
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the delicate wings
of a butterfly … my palm
handy heliport
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butterfly dragon
words leach
liquid black
relief not free
quiet psyche
drained white
rorschach
of language
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In black soul light
all through the night
where scurry feet
on pathways meet,
a busy play
in overlay
gives cobweb snare
to spider’s lair.
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Moth on my shade
100 Watts
Becomes transparent
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