Oy, The Creepy Crawlies!

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at in bed Tears well, curses fly Out Open windOws By mOrning the rOOm is zenned, and I unfed</p><p id="8188">The pOOr girl stands lOst in zombie stasis Scared and spent, tense tO hOmeOstasis</p><p id="4d19">© 2021 <a href="https://selmamartin.com/">selmamartin.com</a></p><figure id="f267"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ubiMu1HfnNczCOQVPFUN4w.png"><figcaption>October warnings to heed. cropped by author. Original photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jentheodore?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Jen Theodore</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="64f9">The last place I want to see a spider is in my bedroom. And I’m pretty sure this applies to you too.</p><p id="2e1d">And common knowledge has it that spiders are generally attracted to insects —<i> they feed on them</i> <i>(remember?!)</i></p><p id="c335">Sorry to say that if you’ve inadvertently created ways to have other tiny insects in the bedroom — say, by

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eating on your bed, it won’t be long before spiders enter the space as well. Oh, no!</p><p id="7048" type="7">the scary part is not seeing them on the wall, it gets scary when you don’t see them run off somewhere else. Sheesh!</p><p id="0a9a">It could very well keep you up all night tidying your sleeping quarters.</p><p id="b9a0">Thanks to the editors at Paper Poetry for publishing my sonnet for October, and thanks to YOU for reading. Happy October, everyone.</p><div id="5cf7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/o-is-for-october-cbf0af42bbe0"> <div> <div> <h2>‘O’ is for October</h2> <div><h3>Paper Poetry Month-long Prompt for October 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*26nXsVNaeUKaLRDiivpVYg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A sonnet for the October prompt at Paper Poetry

A large spider web outdoors that dwarves the large spider. Photo by Author.

Outdoors is where crawlies belOng and thrive best: spinning and waiting. But this is the stOry of One that was invited inside. Take a lOOk.

She sees me standing frozen in stasis DOes nOt scream, dOes nOt squirm, not even scare Next, On bed — snacks and ZOOm with her besties and sO she pretends I am just nOt there

Time tO sleep, to her best mOves, she takes heed armed with jar and a hOOdie to take flight That I’d be there is all the girl needed By gum, arachnids aren’t dumb — Out of sight!

Behind blinds, I watch her search high and lOw Hear her vOw nevermOre to eat in bed Tears well, curses fly Out Open windOws By mOrning the rOOm is zenned, and I unfed

The pOOr girl stands lOst in zombie stasis Scared and spent, tense tO hOmeOstasis

October warnings to heed. cropped by author. Original photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash

The last place I want to see a spider is in my bedroom. And I’m pretty sure this applies to you too.

And common knowledge has it that spiders are generally attracted to insects — they feed on them (remember?!)

Sorry to say that if you’ve inadvertently created ways to have other tiny insects in the bedroom — say, by eating on your bed, it won’t be long before spiders enter the space as well. Oh, no!

the scary part is not seeing them on the wall, it gets scary when you don’t see them run off somewhere else. Sheesh!

It could very well keep you up all night tidying your sleeping quarters.

Thanks to the editors at Paper Poetry for publishing my sonnet for October, and thanks to YOU for reading. Happy October, everyone.