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tarantula 1

tarantula crawled slowly

beneath the vine of the soul

voices drifted darkly

spirits in repose

said that not one thing stays the same

words of inspiration

where nothing is to blame

pilgrims migrate

to the sound of a horn

originally didn't stork

take the new born

must be something that i ate

mainly mushrooms, cylocybate

nevertheless something told me

leaving no debate

our wise and giving mother

we first scorned then we *****

was a guitar sound that got me

it played out of tune

like an octave burning slowly

a red flame but cold ember

over a sparse and lonely moon

she crawled over careful

venomous hairs across her back

a calculated movement

the spider who caught the cat

its not the fangs that scare me

a wise but ugly man once said

its the fear we inject

like a venom working slowly

it seeps till at first you can't move

and eventually your dead.

 

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May 16, 2010
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