The Escape lyrics

escape from the black widow spider

is a miracle as great as art.

what a web she can weave

slowly drawing you to her

she’ll embrace you

then when she’s satisfied

she’ll kill you

still in her embrace

and suck the blood from you.

I escaped my black widow

because she had too many males

in her web

and while she was embracing one

and then the other and then

another

I worked free

got out

to where I was before.

she’ll miss me —

not my love

but the taste of my blood,

but she’s good, she’ll find other

blood ;

she’s so good that I almost miss my death,

but not quite ;

I’ve escaped. I view the other

webs.

• Artist:Charles Bukowski