Journey of Words

No Contest

Do you recall the house spider we watched?The one that devoured the crane flyWhose bodyWas steadily subsumedInto the tiny bead of the spiderImpossible though it seemed at the timeI have thought of it sincePondered the mechanicsOf how that bulk of flyAnd its panicked buzzy wingsWere compressedInto digestible essenceOnce the fly had been nettedIts attempts to… 

Do you recall the house spider we watched?
The one that devoured the crane fly
Whose body
Was steadily subsumed
Into the tiny bead of the spider
Impossible though it seemed at the time

I have thought of it since
Pondered the mechanics
Of how that bulk of fly
And its panicked buzzy wings
Were compressed
Into digestible essence

Once the fly had been netted
Its attempts to untangle
Sent ripples
Along the threads
And the spider knew
There was fresh food

Picking its way
Along the sticky lines
To the erratic disturbance
It firmly gripped the crane fly
Ignored the rapid beating
Simply began eating

Then all I heard
Were the wings
Crumpling

~

n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 22 prompt: A fight.

CLP 22/04/2024

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Chris Perry

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