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Averse to the brown widow?

I’m told that my last posting, about the arrival of the brown widow spider in Southern California, was at least two lattes short of creative. So, to fix.

Ahem.

 

FANFARE FOR THE COMMON SPIDER

 

Glossy and brown

Upside down

Comes the chocolate widow to town

 

Fresh from the south

Fangs in her mouth

Preens in the moonlight while hanging around

 

New Latrodectus

Oh, Orkin, protect us!

Just kidding—she has a most timid prospectus

 

Toward people who tread

Past the woodpile or shed

In a bug-eating-bug world can’t even detect us

 

Bite like a bee

Likely to flee

Nothing to threaten your mortality

 

Snug in your planter

Oust her? You can’t. Her

Presence is likely indefinitely.

 

Actually, we’re more inclined to limericks.

 
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