White-tipped pincer
poised on veiny, leaf-ridged
underbelly
of green-tinted lily.
Spider with human face,
single red stripe,
amid petalled flesh folds.
With door-step salesman grip
and smirk of speed-date jerk,
one sweet gulp and gone.
A disappearing act
on silver-thread trapeze
(next leaf, next victim).
poised on veiny, leaf-ridged
underbelly
of green-tinted lily.
Spider with human face,
single red stripe,
amid petalled flesh folds.
With door-step salesman grip
and smirk of speed-date jerk,
one sweet gulp and gone.
A disappearing act
on silver-thread trapeze
(next leaf, next victim).
1 comment:
"if its a bloke who answers and he's puttin you off - make a sudden hand-cupped reach with your right hand from your waist. like this, he'll think you're going for his nuts and put his hands out to stop you. now your shaking hands with him, nice and close and confidential like.... sometimes you want the man of the house to answer the door."
- from the team leader of a educational series of books and tapes that i was thinking of being a door to door 'community canvasser' for in australia.
that line about a door-step salesman's grip and speed date smirk are priceless my fine friend.
mind how you answer the door to a sales person eh.
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