Mark Allinson: Harmless?

The hairy huntsman, they say,
is quite harmless,

as far as spiders go.

Bullshit!

Just you try negotiating
a delicate twist
on a country curve
at 100 kph
and notice this dark motion
inching up your leg towards
your crotch

this thing
huge as a dying child's
clutching hand
moving up towards your heart.

Many a corpse has been found
with one of these bastards
squatting on its chest,

eight sapphire eyes aglow
with the upturned wheels still spinning.