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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (7367)5/1/2001 7:32:13 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13018
 
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......Upside down, she was doing a gentle
Sinister dance. All legs clinging
Except for those leading two, which tapped on the web,
Trembling it, I thought, like a fly, to attract
The immobile, upside-down male, near the frame,
Only an inch from her. He moved away,
Turning ready to flee, I guessed. Maybe
Fearful of her intentions and appetites:
Doubting. But her power, focusing,
Making no error after the millions of years
Perfecting this art, turned him round
At a distance of two inches, and hung him
Upside down, head under, belly towards her.
Motionless except for a faint
And just-detectable throb of his hair-leg tips.
She came closer, upside down, gently,
And enmeshed his forelegs in hers.
So, I imagined, here is the famous murder,
I got closer to watch. Something
Difficult to understand, difficult
To properly observe was going on...........

~Ted Hughes
"Flowers and Insects:Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders"



To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (7367)5/3/2001 4:56:03 PM
From: X Y Zebra  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13018
 
"The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening."

— Kim Stanley Robinson.