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Spider's Web

you drew me to your deadly den
all shining like a beacon
I stepped onto the thread and then
I felt my senses weaken

you lured me to your spider's web
you drove me to distraction
you caught me in your spider's web
a victim of attraction

the gleaming light in droplet spheres
enticing and inviting
deceptively assuaging fears
hypnotically delighting

so silently you lay in lurk
to snare the one you'd chosen
you made your move and went to work
one look and I was frozen

how could a mere mortal resist the sheer allure and seductiveness of the prize ?
I should have realised exactly what your plan was
the moment that I saw those shiny pearls of dew
hanging like somniferous stars on your spider's web,
put there to trick, to tease, to tempt, to titillate,
to taunt, to trap, to titivate and tantalise

with consummate ability
you reached for me and touched me
inducing immobility
you tighteningly clutched me

you chequered and checkmated me
defeating all endeavour
you trounced and subjugated me -
your loving slave forever

how could a mere mortal resist the sheer allure of the prize ?
I should have realised exactly what your plan was
the moment that I saw those shiny pearls of dew
hanging like somniferous stars on your spider's web,
put there to trick, to tease, to tempt and titillate,
to taunt and titivate, to trap and tantalise

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