It's a Spider Parade!

Posting on a Monday? Isn't that a bit unusual?

Not this week - because it's
THE 9TH ANNUAL HALLOWEENSIE CONTEST!!!Every Halloween Week, for the past eight years, Susannah Hill has encouraged writers to stretch their imaginations and write a very tiny "Halloweensie" story. The rules are simple: 100 words or less, using the words potion, cobweb, and trick somewhere in the story. Here's my entry. I hope you enjoy it. When you're finished, head over to Susannah's blog and read the other stories (here's the link).

 photo by Luis Fernández García; Creative Commons 
Spider Parade  


Pack up the popcorn and pink lemonade—
Today is the day for the Spider Parade!

Lynx spiders slink by with silence and pouncing,
Followed by wolf spiders howling and bouncing.

Floats rumble by showing spider-built homes
constructed by weavers of cobwebs and domes.

Black widows push carts stocked with dead flies and notions,
shoelaces, ribbons, and poisonous potions.

Long-legged harvestmen dance in formations,
Wait! They are not spiders—
just distant relations!

The last float is gone,
the last drum done beating,
                    Let’s put on our costumes for tricking and treating.