Spider’s Web

An intricate thread
of distortion and deceit.
A colony of Black Widows,
each a shade darker than the next,
ensnaring more to enlist in the orgy of hypocrisy.
Each avoiding the blame,
playing hot potato with a flame.
Some realize the farce,
and begin gnawing their legs off to be released from the sticky web.
The disfigurement will last,
but a legless spider stands taller than the rest.