glasslike ghostspiders dance on pale
webs at the corners of his shower
since appleseeds attempted
suicides twice two times he plucked her from the wash as it rushed
to the drain since her second attempt she
ceased but others have succeeded he felt bad
they hid in the folds of shower curtain he noticed them too late too close to the drain since those few suicides every time he
showers he gently shakes the shower curtainhe deliberately looks around and
about he has a ritual now and those he finds he captures and takes outside
in a small glass jar he keeps in the bathroom for that purpose
(his girlfriend recently upped
the ante she said hed be proud of
herspiders frightened her in her
livingroom she captured and removed outdoors a tarantula)
the ghostspiders have recently began
to appear to be frank since his sisters death
they elude his search
then showering he eventually notices them
theyre high in the corners
they dont seem agitated so he continues bathing however with a keenquick eye cast to them
when he finishes showering drying
himself he reenters the shower with the glass jar to capture them from their
webs and sure he has and going outside a
towel wrapped around his hips he takes his hand off its opening and quickly inverts
the jar on the backporch railing he
tips it to allow the spider to depart
it doesnt depart
it isnt there
he peers through the glass and sees
nothing
he turns the jar over in his hands
and carefully runs his finger on its insides
nothing flees before it
Hmmm conceding it isnt there he returns to the
shower and captures the second spiderWhats the name of that song he
thinks . . second verse, same as the first . . AhYes Henry the Eighth I’m
Henry the Eighth I am, Henry the Eighth I am, I am . . he probably looks as
goofy to his next door neighbor who waves at himhe waves back to her as the
band Herman’s Hermits did on black and white ’65 television
there is no second spider either
capturing ghostspiders is easy
in earnest hes captured eight
apparently releasing them is another
matter
he didnt think for a moment that it was impossible that spiders or insects butterflies birds fish or animals couldnt ghost
1717, Friday,
12 10. 18
1157, Sunday,
14 10. 18
Herman’s Hermits I’m Henry VIII I Am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cly_2pGTNw
