Tonight's Poet Corner: An Ode To Arthropods
An Ode To Arthropods
by Belinda Roddie
I kind of feel bad for spiders
when it comes to Halloween;
we tear down their actual homes
and replace them with artificial webs
that they certainly don't see artistic
value in. And we definitely don't
respect them for the high-value work
they do for us pitiful humans. Say
goodbye to flies and mosquitoes thanks
to these arachnid bad boys. They
eat the bad stuff so you don't have to!
All I'm saying is, maybe don't
attack the next spider you see. Especially
when you're out trick-or-treating. Who
knows, they might be a goddess
protecting you from vampires. Or werewolves.
Or unspeakable horrors playing tic tac toe
in their graves before the dark moon rises.
by Belinda Roddie
I kind of feel bad for spiders
when it comes to Halloween;
we tear down their actual homes
and replace them with artificial webs
that they certainly don't see artistic
value in. And we definitely don't
respect them for the high-value work
they do for us pitiful humans. Say
goodbye to flies and mosquitoes thanks
to these arachnid bad boys. They
eat the bad stuff so you don't have to!
All I'm saying is, maybe don't
attack the next spider you see. Especially
when you're out trick-or-treating. Who
knows, they might be a goddess
protecting you from vampires. Or werewolves.
Or unspeakable horrors playing tic tac toe
in their graves before the dark moon rises.
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