Flitting through a friendly jungle

monkeys chatter.

Young and tasty,

clumsy, careless.

In this other world,

the Ether World,

pumas prowl.

Yellow eyes gleam,

claws tap softly

spinning gaily colored webs

to snare the next victim.

Without a whimper

a small body comes down to Earth

where,

basking on a filthy rock,

alone in the sun,

the spider waits.

Ejaculating venom,

his drool dilutes

the putrid song he purrs.