spider | I didn't have my glasses on....

one day

when i was little

sitting in my garage

with my sisters and friend

just watching the little spiders in the corner

as we hung out, talking and wondering

how we could make some money

we came up with a brilliant plan

and decided that it would be a great idea

to start a ‘spider farm’

where we would breed spiders in my garage

and sell them to all of the people in our neighborhood

overhead would be low

we just had to find two spiders

get them to meet each other

and have babies

we never really considered the logistics

or that we knew nothing about spiders

or that we weren’t really spider fans

or how we would get them to ‘fall in love’

or that there might not be any customers

or that our business would close before it opened

when my mom closed the garage door and made us play outside

and that is the main reason why i am not a spider farmer today

and a teacher instead.

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“don’t worry, spiders, i keep house casually.”

-robert hass, field guide

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image credit: david kirk, ‘miss spider’s sunnypatch kids’

I didn't have my glasses on….