Trick & Treat

"What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Adams

Come into my gossamer digs

I’ll show you my décor

Relax and make yourself at home ~

So glad you found my door

 

I rarely get a visitor

So late on Halloween

Do pardon all those sticky threads;

I’ve not had time to clean

 

I see it in your widened eyes ~

You’d like this to be quick ~

My dear, however did you guess

You’d stumbled on a trick?

 

You are a luscious morsel,

So juicy and so sweet

You may have come for candy,

But you've now become my treat...

Author's Note

October, you know...

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Reviews

[richom]

A clever play on the trick or treat term. Excellent rhyme and meter. Concise and easy to read because of the metric pattern. In short, a first-rate fun poem.

[Rita L. Sev]

Fun is the name of the game! Thanks, Rich!

[Jack...]

Very spooky my friend. You have given us a treat.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Jack - your visits are a treat for me!

[Gleb Zavlanov]

A very interesting, creative, yet well-woven poem. Eerie, creepy but incredibly well written. I was engaged throughout the entire poem. A great tale for the upcoming Halloween :D.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Gleb. Halloween offers some great topics! :)

[rutherford]

Subtle and creepy with suspense (will it be a quick end or not?). I find spiders amazing and noble.

[Rita L. Sev]

They are amazing creatures, and artists in their own way... and hey, a spider's gotta eat... Thanks, John!

[Marie]

Very good Rita...a spider's web can be so inviting...

[Rita L. Sev]

They are works of art; no wonder the flies are drawn to them... Thank you.

[Samuel Dickens]

Hey, that's the way to do it--you let the "treat" come to you. This is cute, Rita.

[Rita L. Sev]

Saves time and energy... ;) Thanks, Sam!

[SyberRose]

I love Oct. too..and i loved this Rita...nicely done and very creative as always...Rose

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Rose - having fun with the season!

[icelandicblue]

Oh this is a winner for sure. Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly moment. Loved it!

[Rita L. Sev]

Exactly... Thanks, Blue!

[Lydia Shutter]

Delightful Halloween trickery here. I could picture the witch and hear her speaking to trick or treaters....like the bad which in "The Wizard of Oz". Perfect rhythm and rhyme. Loved it. Lydi**

[Rita L. Sev]

:) Thank you, Lydi!

[Tom]

The smiling assassin is that spider !

Another trick and treatise for halloween, keep them coming Rita !!

[Rita L. Sev]

I can't seem to stop... :) Thanks, Tom!