Insipid Spiders and Scorpions of Pernicious Pedigrees
 
by Dahni
 
 
                        Lack of vigor - character; without flavor - dull
                             Face to face you sting from beneath - behind.
 
                        Energy spent
                             Weaving wistful wisps of wondrous art to wait
 
or
                             Wait in the sand
 
both wait to strike
the innocent unawares.
 
                             You conceal all to conceal all you conceal
                             You grow insatiable, but to devour - adapt
                             You make works of art
                             You hypnotize with amazement
 
                        We stop and look long enough, just enough
                             and long enough is just enough for you to strike
 
caught helpless
stung relentless
 
                        No wonder we trust not - discuss not
                             For the hidden web - the hidden sting
 
is often religion - politics - spiders and scorpions
 
© 1997
from the collection: TALONS & FEATHERS
by the same author
anthology: ‘Above the Clouds’ © 1998  The National Library of Poetry
 
 

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