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The Nature of Things

This is the nature of things
That you tempt
The network of my arteries and veins
A perfectly woven web
A spider, incandescent green
The size of a fist
Spread out at its center
Pumping honey colored venom
You would dare
Touch a sticky thread
Exciting hunger
Fangs readying themselves
For guests
You would struggle against
This subtle adhesion
Every panicked movement
Wrapping you tighter
Bringing us closer
Until that merciful piercing
Numbing you like shock
Before I begin to feed
Slowly, deeply

A few indifferent snips
A husk falls to the ground
I spin; I mend
Hurriedly
Morning is coming
I do my best work at night

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On Thursday March 4th, 2004, Mistress Morbid (593) writes:

Your work is very kinky, I like that.

On Friday August 15th, 2003, Deliverence (797) writes:

Ah the spider...Such a grand creature...You showed us just how elegent it can be...Thanks.-Kefka

On Friday August 15th, 2003, morgue_white (195) writes:

I love spiders... the green imagery is great stuff

On Tuesday August 5th, 2003, An Expired Member (42) writes:

I have never read anything like this. Its intrigue is vast and beautiful. I love it. ^aura^

On Friday July 18th, 2003, maddin foxxxy (381) writes:

i smiled as i finished reading this..you surely can create your surroundings twirling round my mind as a tempting song...enjoyed it muchly!

On Monday July 14th, 2003, An Expired Member (18) writes:

Seductive. This work is simply seductive. I nearly got lost. #flower#

On Wednesday July 9th, 2003, Ophelia (305) writes:

Love this,nights most distructive predator discribed in such beauty....O

On Wednesday July 9th, 2003, anathema (62) writes:

this is delectable... the way it's written, too, is just so sensual and, as snowqueen said, chilling. the kind of poem i'd consider love poetry.

On Sunday July 6th, 2003, Aurora_Light (575) writes:

i like

On Thursday July 3rd, 2003, SnowQueen (64) writes:

Chilling and sexy in a weird way... I loved it. Keep up the amazing work Stranger......

On Wednesday July 2nd, 2003, nell (327) writes:

wicked i like the view point of the spider=)

On Wednesday July 2nd, 2003, An Expired Member (9) writes:

I like this it is weird and that is a vary good thing

On Wednesday July 2nd, 2003, CharlottesWeb (623) writes:

Ok, I must be incredibly dense. But I’m not on the ball with this one. Don’t get me wrong I like it…yup, yup…most extraordinary and sensitized work…yet *scratches head* I don’t quite get it. Lol. ~DW~

On Tuesday July 1st, 2003, Bast (895) writes:

wow... WOW. amazing. it's the seductive danse macabre. it's survival, but oh, what sweet taste the capture offers... lingers.

On Tuesday July 1st, 2003, Jonas (877) writes:

ms. muffet is lucky she didn't run across you... or is she? ... lurid and fantastic, i love it.

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