The amygdala fires primitive, an untaught call to flight.
\nSpiders spark reptilian brains, urging us to fight.<\/p>\n
The cortex fires a rational, well thought out disgust.
\nA spider simply cannot love, so killing it is just.<\/p>\n
My brother coaxed me to replace my enmity with care
\nhe taught me, a reluctant child, a spider’s life to spare.<\/p>\n
Today my brother called me, and he is very ill
\nNow all I ask is mercy and I cannot bear to kill<\/p>\n
A spider on a floating leaf fell in my pool today
\nI scooped her up and rescued her and let her walk away.<\/p>\n
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