Her coat was shiny black, save for a single stripe of red;
with promises of boundless bliss she lured him to her bed.
But at the height of passion, he was dealt a huge surprise,
discovering that he'd been trapped within a web of lies.
Her scugways flirting led him to this fatal mating act;
he'd no clue how his tender love would cause her to react.
But once the deed was done, she uttered, "Thanks, mate, for the bang,"
and post-haste she impaled him with her deadly, poisoned fang.
Now Rodney Redback lost his head, he wasn't feeling swell;
when she'd digested that, she ate the rest of him as well.
The moral is, be careful who you let into your house—
for goodness' sake, check out the facts before you choose a spouse!
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Author Notes
Today's word: scugways (adv.) clandestinely; with a hidden purpose or ulterior motive.
According to Wikipedia, even though the Black Widow spider gets its name from the idea of the female cannibalising the male after coitus, the practice is quite rare (although it does happen). This is not the case with the closely related Australian Red Back spider, where it's more the rule than the exception.
Of course, this is all just about spiders :)
Thanks for reading.
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
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