Saturday, February 2, 2019

Boutheina Boughnim writes


Gossamer

On hot August nights, he often sees her coming,
Shrouded in silk gossamer, floating as a doubt
Before being chased away by a sweeping gale…
He stretches out his hand to touch, to kiss the gossamer,
But is entangled, snared in the inextricable cobweb:
Wrapped into smoky threaded haze,
The harder he fights, the tighter the strings…
He wriggles under the ethereal weight―
Wants to pull back from the infernal capture,
She flaps her gossamer and he falls into rapture…


Image result for spider seduction paintings
Web of Seduction -- João Figueiredo

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