G. Emil Reutter

PHINDA BUTTON SPIDER

Not a snake Not low on the ground
Or slithering up a tree
Between rocks
Or lying in wait in weeds
No...not a snake.

So, what then...

atrocious, barbarous, bitter, brutal
callous, cold-blooded, evil, harsh
hateful, heartless, inhuman, inhumane
merciless, painful, relentless, ruthless
sadistic, spiteful, tyrannical, unkind,
vicious, wicked.

So, what then...

Trickster... Overlord?

Not a jackal

Not a Phinda button spider

No...what we have here is

...Jack Napier in charge.


g. emil's YouTube reading of "Phinda Button Spider"

G. EMIL REUTTER is a writer of stories and poems and on occasion literary criticism. His latest collection is On the Other Side of Goodbye.