Copse and Spinney

(a song about a real spider in my window).

O Banana Spider

Where have you gone

You used to climb my window

All day long

You worked so hard to weave

such a intricate web

Now there’s just a bug there

Hangin’ by a thread

Banana Spider, white yellow and black

Shaped like an X with a mask on your back

You were high in your disguise.

Yet displayed in plain sight.

Spinning your wheels

always gathering food

I’ll never know how it feels

to be like you

O Banana Spider

Why did you decide

to settle down where I

could see you from inside

Was it the shining crystal

hanging from a silver thread

That drew you to my window

or was it me instead

Could you hear me….

from the other side of glass

Could you see me ……

(or just a mirror of grass?)

Oh Banana spider

you looked kinda creepy

the way you shed your skin

gave me eebie jeebies

Did you just one day die

Or did another shiny thing catch your eye

Were you lonely

Did you need a friend

Did it mean anything in the end?

Banana Spider

I’ll never know.

Why you climbed my window and I

I used to wonder why

you always wanted to go

About the Poem: The words are self explanatory, but I got used to seeing this spider for a summer and then one day he was just… gone! So, I grabbed my guitar and began to sing. I began to sing the opening line. It was catchy and made me and my husband laugh. After toying with the lyrics for a while, I kind of shelved the idea.

If you’d like to hear the original acoustic version of me and my guitar, I just published the old audio recording over on my Substack! Click here to listen

I am hoping my ensemble group for school will be performing a version of it for our November concert. So, stay tuned for the newest musical rendition!

Banana Spider

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