Tender arachnids

[just mercedes]

While I was busy writing,
spiders posted
lusty love letters
all over my house.
 
I destroy
lines of poetry,
erotic promises,
as I dust.
 
(I think they know we
writers will turn anything
into smut)
 
 

[Leanne]

To be fair, they do have a lot of legs to keep closed.

[Quixilated]

JM, just ... yes. I always viewed spiders and webs in a very sinister light, and now it's going to break my heart to dust them away (once I figure out what dusting is ... ). And yes ... yes we do. A very enjoyable read.

[Lizzie]

Making spiderwebs sexy is quite an accomplishment! A nice, surprising twist

[just mercedes]

Making spiderwebs sexy is quite an accomplishment! A nice, surprising twist

 Strangely enough, it's found poem from a very odd conversation on Facebook. Poetry hides everywhere!

[shemthepenman]

spiders are traditionally symbolic of sexual repression. now for some bodily fluids.

[ellajam]

I'm a spider fan, much enjoyed, I hate breaking the webs though when they're in the house or across where people walk I have to, but they always rebuild. The ones by my dock ladder are always spectacular. Love letters , I always thank them for catching the small bugs.

[Lizzie]

Don't worry, spiders,
      I keep house
              casually


~Kobayashi Issa, translated by Robert Hass

[just mercedes]

I've a spider-and-Issa poem in a journal early next year! Wave-length coincided.