On candystripe legs the spiderman comesSoftly through the shadow of the evening sunStealing past the windows of the b lissfully deadLooking for the victim shivering in bedSearching out fear in the gathering gloom andSuddenly!A movement in th e corner of the room!And there is nothing I can doWhen I realise with frightThat the spiderman is having me for dinner tonig ht!Quietly he laughs and shaking his headCreeps closer nowCloser to the foot of the bedAnd softer than shadow and quicker than fliesHis arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes'Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boyDon't struggle l ike that or I will only love you moreFor it's much too late to get away or turn on the lightThe spiderman is having you for d inner tonight'And I feel like I'm being eatenBy a thousand million shivering furry holesAnd I know that in the morning I wi ll wake upIn the shivering coldAnd the spiderman is always hungry...