Goodnight Spider<\/b><\/p>\n
October is the Month of the Spider<\/p>\n
those eight-legged hunters, pregnant and fat<\/p>\n
hang low, with wide-cast webs<\/p>\n
to catch the most unwary meals<\/p>\n
for ravenous mothers-to-be.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She hangs from her net, lazy and gravid<\/p>\n
letting it do the work for her,<\/p>\n
for she knows that her work is almost done.<\/p>\n
October is the Month of Life and Death;<\/p>\n
she was not built for cold, and as she spins her sac<\/p>\n
she ebbs, fails, and falls into the brown crackling leaves<\/p>\n
among the shells of her prey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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