Arachnophilia 

 

Some people can't get over

their arachnophobia

but say that I’m far sillier :

I have arachnophilia .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-backs and huntsmen

and daddy-long-legs

I just love to visit

in grandad’s shed

while the backyard becomes

a construction site

where spiders build webs

on hot summer nights .

                                          Text © John Malone           Illustration © Lynn Priestly