AwChrist you kiddin me Com outcom out I can
see you plain as day
looking down
the face of the heavy security screen door he could see the quiet tarantula obscured
under it three of its hairy legs were
apparent on this side of the door four others on the opposite side through the
hard black metal sieve
it wasnt budging
he wouldntve
he remembered the neighbourhood
kids crying much the same Come out come out
You win We give up we cant find
you Come out come out
if they couldnt find him why
would he out the best hiding place in the neighbourhoodhe wouldnt
they called and called and called
and wandered around beneath him YOU WIN! COME OUT COME OUT!
he didnt budge
night fell
he heard his old man whistleheard
him call Time to come in, Joe! they were
usually the first kids in the neighbourhood to retire he was going to cross his old man the kids were still hanging around watching
for him
then one by one their parents
called them in and he watched them reluctantly go inside
he saw them linger on
their front porchesharassed by the parents then finally concede
his old man wasnt going to call
for him again
he crossed him
he was going to be punished
and he had no trouble with that
he wouldnt defend himself I didnt hear you call me
Was that lying Sure
Would his old man question him if
he did No
his old mans punishment didnt
tarry or seek explanations
it worked for them
secure that all the kids were inside he climbed down out of tree on the Chesneys front lawn
I can see you tarantula Hello
it remained crouched under the
heavy screen door
he was going to have to call his
bluff
slowly he opened the door outward
Hello friend This aint a good place for
you to hide You werent hidden Not from me Im a waryobservant motherfucker
it crouched deeper And that aint
helping your cause Comhere he said as he
squatted he laid his hand flat to the
entry tile palm up and with his other hand he cajoled it to come forwardnot retreat out
of doors
slowly laboriously it slugged it way onto his open hand
he was allergic to tarantula
venom
if the arachnid chose it could put
him into a world of hurt
but he was kind to them he considered the time he spent gathering tarantulas off the road in the hills taking them out of harms hopeful those would play to
his advantage tarantulas and black
widows scorpions they were earthlings and worth saving from
the inane violence of people speeding along their way disregarding other
living things Stupid. Thats how they
defended themselves Theyre the ones who
ought to be crawling across road to get to the other sidethe higher ground as
the rains were coming Dumb beasts
they were the dumb beasts they had laws to protect them if it were up to him theyd be cascading
tumbling caterwauling in the Fantastic and VOID looking for the next gig to drop into their senselessness their due
he stood up holding the tarantula
working his other hand into mix to keep the tarantula circulating hand to hand
gently as he went outdoors he took it into the yard into the grass away from
the house his humanity loved it he couldnt speak for other humanities or if
those humanities might extend a helping hand to a formidable hairy earthling
he liked to think they would
ultimately only he was responsible for his actions
1436, Twosday,
12 3. 19
1036, Day-between-Two-Ts, 13 3.
19
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