The Spider

• Scarlett Kanaley, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2018

A black spider with a dangerous streak of red was on her back
She stumbled forward and fell upon the bicycle rack
The spider arched and hid, planning its next attack
She pulled herself up and thought of giving the spider a whack

The spider quickly scuttled up the wooden wall of the shack
She silently crept up to the spider and tried to capture it in her pack
It jumped from the wall and took to the door on a secret track
The spider fled the run-down hut, a blazing streak of red across a body of black!