In defiance of cooler nights and scarcer insects, orb weavers go on crafting webs among the trees and shrubs around the yard. The spindly lilac bush is home to three. In gratitude, here's "On Removing Spiderweb" by Les Murray:
"Like summer silk its denier
but stickily, oh, ickilier,
miffed bunny-blinder, silver tar,
gesticuli-gesticular,
crepe when cobbed, crap when rubbed,
stretchily adhere-and-there
and everyway, nap-snarled or sleek,
glibly hubbed with grots to tweak:
ehh weakly bobbined tae yer neb,
spit it Phuoc Tuy! filthy web!"
Spell-check fails to recognize 11 words in Murray's 10 lines. Lovely.
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