Sunday, April 3, 2011

Argiope

Dressed to kill--
  Spinning this silken web of deceit,
  a trail of victims at your feet
  come to face their mortality

Photo: G. Brannan

Patiently…
  lying in wait on satin thread
  to entice, entangle in your bed,
  their lives forfeit--they can never flee.

Argiope…
  open legs respond to lightest touch…
  the unsuspecting limp, in your clutch,
  your ‘muse’-like name cloaks your verocity.

Copyright Ginny Brannan 2010
Photo taken by author, personal collection

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