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Spiderama
Daft spider
who hid
by the plughole
is licking his wounds
down the drain
I told him
to wash out his lugholes
before he crawled up again
You see,
spiders on crutches
get smelly
they don't run a bath
when they should
but a spider
with eight legs in plaster
hears deafer
than ears made from wood
I fear the hospital bills
rise alarming
posh consultants
all glued to the web
though spidey's ever so
frightfully,
charming...
until a nurse sits down
on his bed
who hid
by the plughole
is licking his wounds
down the drain
I told him
to wash out his lugholes
before he crawled up again
You see,
spiders on crutches
get smelly
they don't run a bath
when they should
but a spider
with eight legs in plaster
hears deafer
than ears made from wood
I fear the hospital bills
rise alarming
posh consultants
all glued to the web
though spidey's ever so
frightfully,
charming...
until a nurse sits down
on his bed
Published 22nd Oct 2011
| Edited 23rd Oct 2011
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Anonymous
23rd Oct 2011 6:49pm
A charming comic poem with great imagery and rhythm. Thanks for the read, Abra. Reading this makes me realise how much I've missed your sly, surreal humour.
24th Oct 2011 00:00am
Why thank you, Jack - but this is a deadly serious business you know, because baths and washbasins are a terrible hazard for arachnids, especially now as winter approaches and they seek warmer hiding places.
Once they fall in, they become trapped at the bottom of an Everest style slippery slope, often with disastrous sometimes fatal consequences.
The solution is to always leave a flannel or towel draped over, thus providing an escape route back up to safety.
"If you wish to live and thrive let the spider run alive" (olde Kentish proverb)
Once they fall in, they become trapped at the bottom of an Everest style slippery slope, often with disastrous sometimes fatal consequences.
The solution is to always leave a flannel or towel draped over, thus providing an escape route back up to safety.
"If you wish to live and thrive let the spider run alive" (olde Kentish proverb)
