The spider

the spider sneaks on eight fine legs
and ever lives to lie
she's never known to tell the truth
and lurks because she's shy
eight legs or arms the more to grab
some creature in her grasp
she weaves her sil'vry web at night
her victims to enclasp

the spider lives a lonesome life
with ne'er a trusting mate
for when she takes her love to bed
her supper is their fate
perhaps arachnids might just know
how she could find a male
one wild night on silvered threads
for sex beyond the pale.

2010