Monday, 4 October 2010

Monday morning poem

Nature Calls

i was having a cigarette

on my balcony

enjoying the trees

when i saw a moth

trap itself in a

cleverly placed

spiderweb.


 

the moth fluttered

and the spider appeared

many legged


 

and when the spider

came near

the moth would flutter

and the spider

would retreat


 

i watched terrified

and determined

to let nature be


 

and eventually

the moth tired

and the spider climbed

on its head

ready to deliver

it's lethal bite

or sting

ot whatever it is

they do.


 

the moth fluttered desperately

and the spider retreated barely


 


 

the moth tired again

and the spider approached

and this time

even though

the moth fluttered

the spider stayed


 

i sprung and groped

at the web

wanting to save life.

the web was destroyed

the spider disappeared

the moth disappeared


 

i felt better


 

two days later

i was having a cigarette

and i saw the moth

dangling from a stray

spider strand


 

the spider was hungry

the moth was dead

and i felt no better.


 


 

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