Never Prank your Prey

I really hope you land here,
a spider teased a fly.
Not if I can help it,
Was the dipteran’s reply.

The fly swiped at his cobweb,
but muttered just my luck
finding that he’d got himself
well and truly stuck.

The spider chuckled gently,
I’m vegetarian you know.
I only capture things for fun.
He let the poor fly go.

But the fly was livid.
He pulled out a spud gun.
I’ll get you back, he shouted
I think you’ve had your fun!

The fly then pulled the trigger,
the spider began to fall.
Reverb knocked the fly back;
against a nearby wall.

As both of them lay winded,
dizzy from the blows,
the fly said to the spider
I’m an idiot, I know.

I’m sorry that I shot you.
I’d like to make amends.
The spider said he’d been wrong too;
I should have been your friend.

The spider reached a limb towards
where the insect lay and,
shaking legs, they both agreed
to friendship from that day.