Tonight's Poet Corner: Twenty-Five Spiders

Twenty-Five Spiders
by Belinda Roddie

Twenty-five spiders
spun webs out of steel
using soft silk
for their axles and wheels
and when all was done
you could see that they'd strung
all their patterns in the shape
of an automobile

Twenty-five spiders
had labored all night
while the moon was still full
and the stars were still bright
all their legs tied in knots
bodies gleaming with spots
just so their toil and trouble
could shine in the light

Twenty-five spiders
formed assembly lines
making bones out of fluff
and elastic spines
In their brand new sedans
they started a new brand
and sped off down their roads
built from cobwebs and twine