The Giraffe Assassin Bug has long legs and an extendable neck.
It hunts spiders in rocky crevices.
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Diane Hine (25 July 1956)
Poems by Diane Hine : 191 / 190
Assassin
I only hunt killers,
web weavers, trappers of innocents,
tormenters and destroyers,
my conscience is...nonexistent.
My instincts are attuned,
I'm hungry for this work- my missions,
as if by nature assigned,
incapable of contrition.
No disturbance,...no waves,
a slight presence, conservatively clothed.
I can fit in tight spaces,
take precise and painstaking steps.
Avoid warning tripwires,
my targets are so well protected.
I'm ultra-professional,
agility is essential.
The powerful are high-risk,
strongholds have vice-like security.
Put one foot wrong and I'm caught,
a hunter becomes a victim.
If seen, they'll run or fight.
I kill with quiet efficiency,
stretch my long graceful neck,
probing antennae…tap, tap, tap.
My piercing mouth is poised; I stab.
No ordinary thug,
I'm a giraffe assassin bug
and my prey is....spider.
Diane Hine
Submitted: Thursday, August 02, 2012
Edited: Friday, August 03, 2012
Poems by Diane Hine : 191 / 190
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nice piece of work you have here.....
lols.. U got my mind whirling, didn't expect an insect. I love ur choice of words...
Had me fooled! ! Never expected it to be about an insect! ! Excellent poem! ! Super-creative! !
Very dramatic, exciting, like a spy thriller! Of course, the conscience of the spider is nonexistent, too. The consciences of the mosquito and fly the spider assassinates are non-existent. Mirror upon mirror...
Never heard of this critter before - is it Australian? Sounds pretty nasty though - poor little spider (unless it's one of those poisonous things you have over there!) . Excellent write.
Towards the end the reader is disillusioned.....In the beginning one might have a hoary picture of the Assassin.....and a great surprise awaits him...... Great imagination! !
A good write Diane. Now I know what a giraffe assassin bug is. Where it storks and therein, that it does arachnids in.
Suddenly I was shocked with pleasant surprise. Diane too..a political writer.. after finished reading as usual. the story of a hunter. Nice poem and good information.
Diane...Woooooooosh! Talk about innovative creation and ultra inventivity...THIS IS IT, right here, above me! A thoroughly outstanding display of Virtual depiction...and Incarnate imagery...You Rock, lass! ~FjR~
In Iraq they have a spider called camel spider, they can grow more than a foot across,29 cm.Fearless and quite intrusive
but fortunately harmless if you exclude fear.That was outta the blue.Very good poem and educational.I know
I enjoyed it.Speaking of blue...fire...