Latrodectus

I lounge in your brick house,
such stone couldn’t halt my endeavor
Now at my feet lies the corpse of a wolf
once desperate to find shelter (didn’t
know any better)

& it made a fine meal
could have suckled away its juices
                    for hours

Until you found me____
Were you a child, I could have revenge
but you were nervous, suspicious &

[Frankly]

ungrateful///

I did you a favor!

–LM