spider's irony.

Netted in a web

was a flailing fly

trapped in the spider's bed

he could not help but cry.

He shook and wriggled

flapping tiny wings

but the spider giggled

and circled him like rings.

The spider came close

looking eye to eye.

The fly became morose,

as he waited to die.

And in one swift move

the web fell instead,

leaving both beneath shoes

where they were left for dead.