Spider

It dawned hazy and wet
I hid beneath the coconut leaf-
I flashed a smile and anticipated the Rain,
I sat ∆pside dφwn- waitin’,
Feeling a bit bored.

The chore started:
I s t r e t c h e d my r e a c h and
spun the silk thread-
caught the neighboring limb of an oak tree.
I finished ten spΘkes,
But an unknown creature
suspended
my errand.

I saw a shuttered light,
Still, the aroma of its flesh is doomed to be dined.
I cut across the signal thread-
[trapped]
and pierced it with chelicerae.
The injected poison crawled into its veins.
Shriveled. Dangled like mucus in a filament .
I sucked out his juice,
Triumphed the free zone.
A tiny silk ball was just
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