The Wombat and the Wolverine

As the Wombat licks clean the leaves

From a perch amongst the spacious trees

A wolverine in search of food

Observes a Caribou through

An undistributed rocky ledge

To which it drools a puddle

Of hunger and desire,

Engage it does,

Expedient and free,

Only to get snared

In a web so wide and deep,

Thrashing, claws provoked

Each limb further wrapped

With each thrust and movement

The spider who designed this trap

Toggles the fringes in passive wait

Until the wolverine’s will disintegrates

Giving the Wombat a most unexpected show




Reposted for Poetry Picnic 34: Plants, Creatures and the Cosmos.