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(Message started by: Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 10:18am)

Title: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 10:18am

Fighting to free myself becoming
more deeply entangled with each flailing attempt.
One strand, then another, and another being slung around
my body holding me fast.

Immobilized, I can only shiver as cool glassy limbs
enfold me in their delicate, terrible embrace.
The humming voice fills my ears, resonates against my skin,
so soothing and I am hypnotized as I gaze into a hundred
glowing eyes that blaze like Japanese lanterns.

Scream with horrible pain and excrutiating pleasure as
the fangs lance into my eyeballs sending
bright fireworks of ecstasy exploding thruogh my body and
bone-chilling numbness begins to spread like taffy through my limbs.
Oh! The colors! The shrieking colors and exquisite shattering of light!
My mind reels sinking into lethargic reverie and unspeakable bliss.

Uncaring, numb, swaddled in a gossamer wrap of silk.
I raise my own voice weakly to harmonize
with the cradlesong of the spider
and joyously relinquish myself to the feast.

-Frank H. Weeden

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Langa on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:15am

:'(

Wow...Only been reading your poetry a couple of weeks, but am always amazed at your skill. Very touching. Thank you.

Langa

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:20am

Thanks, Langa. :)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Langa on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:22am

on 12/08/04 at 11:20:43, Jeepgun wrote:

Thanks, Langa. :)

YW ;)

Keep them coming...

Langa

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by nani on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:28am

I don't even know what to say... your stuff makes me feel so many ways at the same time. Thank you Frank...and...umm, looking into geting published yet? You could visit us all over the country on your book tour. :)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:36am

Thanks, Nani. I've checked into getting published before, but poetry is a very narrow market, and most publishers aren't interested in an author unless they are guaranteed at least 5,000 copies of something being sold, and since they can't, then they ask the author to foot a large chunk of the printing costs, and expect the author to tour around and actually hock the book. :-/ As ever, the almighty dollar is king. :P

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by nani on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:44am

OH- bummer. Here's an idea...get with paul (vig) and start getting those posters made. Printing probably wouldn't be as costly, you can start small and start selling them locally. I bet you could even find some folks (maybe even in England) willing to market them. ;) Just thought I'd nag...

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by becky8 on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:48am

Man, its good thing you're married Jeepgun, you could steal my heart easily!!! Like everyone else said KEEP THEM COMING!!!

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Bethany1 on Dec 8^th, 2004, 11:49am

Amazing! ;;D

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 12:17pm

on 12/08/04 at 11:48:13, becky8 wrote:

Man, its good thing you're married Jeepgun, you could steal my heart easily!!! Like everyone else said KEEP THEM COMING!!!

*blush* Thanks... :D

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by lionsound on Dec 8^th, 2004, 1:11pm

wow.... how exquisitely morbid

:)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 1:14pm

;;D Yeah... ;) (I have more...) LOL!

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by ArCane on Dec 8^th, 2004, 1:22pm

Awesome Frank!! As usual ;)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 1:25pm

Thanks! :)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by marlin on Dec 8^th, 2004, 1:59pm

Good thing you're married Frank ;;D

Really pretty good stuff. I can see you draw on the experiences of being tormented by the beast.

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 2:23pm

Thanks, Marlin. Yeah, some of it comes from the Beast, some of it comes from a chitty childhood, and some of it comes from relationships I've been in. I've led an interesting life. LOL

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by EmpressJMB on Dec 8^th, 2004, 2:28pm

That one gave me the shivers! You are very talented Frank! J

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 2:31pm

Thank you... I'm glad you liked it. :)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Charlie on Dec 8^th, 2004, 3:06pm

I don't know how you do this Frank. I like it.

It even made me wince too.

Charlie

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 8^th, 2004, 3:13pm

:) Thanks, Charlie! :)

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by LeLimey on Dec 8^th, 2004, 6:51pm

Thanks Frank... just thanks mate! If I have spider related nightmares tonight I'm coming after you and I'm going to sing to you.
Be afraid!
Actually when I read it thinking about it from a different angle.. ie life experience it was even more harrowing. You really have captured the "victim" in me.

Title: Re: Arachnophilia
Post by Jeepgun on Dec 9^th, 2004, 7:56am

Thank you, Helen. Sorry this one was a little scary. I read something some years ago, that by far, arachnophobia is the most commonly reported phobia, when compared to other fears. (Water, heights, peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth, etc.) LOL

The weather and all the rain that we've had this year, in Tennessee, has given us some of the biggest damn spiders I've ever seen. The common wolf spider is everywhere, but this year, I've seen some that were as large as small tarantulas! *shudder*

As for the other angles of this piece: I've been in relationship situations that feel just like this. Fight to be free, only to grow further entangled, and in the end, feeling thoroughly powerless...

-Frank