You belong outside<\/p>\n
My multi and long-legged adversaries<\/p>\n
Not in my house, not<\/p>\n
As happened once, hovering quite delicately on the ceiling<\/p>\n
Right above my bed<\/p>\n
And waiting, I think deliberately<\/p>\n
Until I had barely opened my eyes<\/p>\n
To fall straight down on top of me<\/p>\n
Or your friends, dangling seemingly without effort underneath a free standing tub<\/p>\n
So that while I bathed I was never quite sure<\/p>\n
If they would join me<\/p>\n
I know you are (for the most part) harmless<\/p>\n
I have been told of the good you do in the world<\/p>\n
How you eat other insects<\/p>\n
And keep the natural order of things chugging along<\/p>\n
I can live with that<\/p>\n
Just do it out of my sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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