On candystripe legs the spiderman comes Softly through the shadow of the
evening sun Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead Looking for the victim shivering in bed Searching out
fear in the gathering gloom and Suddenly! A movement in the corner of the room! And there is nothing I
can do When I realise with fright That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!
Quietly he laughs
and shaking his head Creeps closer now Closer to the foot of the bed And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes "Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy Don't struggle
like that or I will only love you more For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light The spiderman
is having you for dinner tonight"
And I feel like I'm being eaten By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I will wake up In the shivering cold
And the spiderman is always hungry...
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