The Song Of Spiders
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1993 Jul / Aug Vol II No 4.
Dr Sarla Sonawala.
Taran tun tarana tarantella ta-ra-la Tarentula
A name with sound of music, symphony of rhythm
Belongs to spiders poisonous - black orange cuban hispan
That crawl up and down, up again after a thousand falls
To inspire Robert Bruce to regain his kingdom
If bitten or smitten, man dances as hell until gets well
Toes nimble, music in the soul, spirits of a lark
Tarentula partakes of people - those unruly wild ones
Gypsies bohemians hippies in opium dens and gay colony
Marilyns Madonnas Michael Jacksons, them MTV monkeys
Pop - jazz - rock n roll - rap n tap, a spectacle bizarre
Of sound and scream, light luminous, loud and lewd
Wide swings of moods from banter buoyant to saddest sob
Maiden hysteria that feigns to faint from love unrequited
Youth wayward steals trifles for pleasure perverted
Stalker lures and baits his victim with cunning of a fox
Remedy full of whims fancies ingratitude moral depravity
Tarentula may capture even those zealots of Ku Klux Klan
Libido lascivious insatiated mania excess deviate
Zona erotica throbs with desire wild yet twitches at tiniest touch
Akin to Platina sans its lofty arrogance
Counterfeit Phosphorus with none of its elegance
Likeness of Lachesis but bereft of post-coital relief
Not unlike Hyoscyamus in its immodest display
When spirits spill over, can body be contained within?
Tarentula-cubensis simulates lachesis in fiery flare-up
Abscess - ulcer - felon (felony, eh?) - sepsis - malignant blues
Mygale stakes its claim against Agaricus in twitching chorea
Theridion "tuberculinique" reigns supreme over upper left chest
Though reels at slightest sound that penetrates its frame
Tarentula hispanica, the uncrowned king of neuralgias paraplegias
Leads and rules the spider family with unbounded sway
Count its ten top secrets that begin with "T"
Tension - tantrum - tingling - tremor - twist - tic -
turmoil - tumour - trance - tintillate
If I miss any more spider to count and account for
Will any member of NJH family rush to aid a maid in distress?.