The Spider and the Dragon (Revised 1/13/26)
“Something of value, let me see!” Between crisp sheets, she intertwines her webs. Lattice lines, words layered top over bottom, she leaves them there, goes underground, peering out into the expanse of the city from below....she waits. “Has anyone come? Have there been any bites? Oh, what to do with all these hands?" Behind gutter grates her eyes alight waiting to catch one true soul among the liars. "Ahh, this bed of treasure…" Mellifluous, he makes music of needles, but never a love song! Costumed in ripped sacks, many believe him to be a butcher and when he spits fire no one gets any ideas! He plays with knives and kisses girls that run with lollypops. But under his gilded scales he longs to be touched, to hang on someone's lips and be read to until he falls asleep. But his tears pool around him, "I too large to ever be held!” “Enough of this non-sense!” The Siren calls them both, she wants to make amends, this time she isn't lying! But the Dragon ...
