I Am Who I Make Myself

Arachnophobia says:

Evolve me.

So

I tried checking

On the big ones …

Huntsman spiders

Do not hunt man

They hunt

Venomous spiders

And

Gallop away

When noticed.

Makes it easier

To deal

The the little

Ceiling spiders

But

The one

In the apartment

Laundry room

Basement

Is older than my lease

And will out survive it

Because:

It stands on the floor

In the corner

Guarding the broom

And

It big

But

It run

Under the cabinet

When we both

Stare

Stare

Stare

Whine

And my arms go up

And so do its

And I wave

“Shoo”

But it’s

Frozen

Until

I move

Then

It hide.

I need to do laundry…

I’m moving.

It can keep

The falling apart house

But it only

Stays

In the

Laundry room.

Maybe it

Likes the

Warmth.

I dunno.

I’m not gonna

Ask it.

Tolkien:

You cheeky liar

You put Sam the brave

Gardener

Who goes outside

And knows

Work

And dirt

To kill

Your feared

Spider

Because

Frodo got

Tangled

In the

Dread.

Yay Sam.

Now I need to tend to my

Bonsai

Mango trees

And

Kumquat that grows so

Slowly.

The leafy plants are

Alocasia cuprea

From a friend.