this morning he was on his game
he was on his game was because whahappened
two days earlier when he wasnt
a spider almost committed suicide
in his bathtub
he went to take a shower
leaning in to turn the water on
he glancedhe thought it was twined fine hairs off his cats
suicide whispered appleseed
even
as he turned on the spigotrushing it to HOT the spider did not movedidnt retreat
when he pulled the knob to kick in
the showerheadits spray striking the sidewallwater rushing down its acrylic
face
thats the first he
noticed motion in the fine matthe cat hairs
it wasnt
they were a spider sweptsuddenly aside and
down onto the tubs bellywashed towards the drain
pivoting on a heela mad 360motion
on the linoleum at180 he snapped a
length of toilet paper hanging loose from its holderfreed unraveled by his cats
who either played with it in boredom or attending nuisance at 360facing into the tub again he slipped
the toilet paper directly in front of the drain
the spider got hungup on it like
a fish in a net
he snatchedup the spider with
the toilet paper keeping it flat so he didnt damage its fragile extremities
he flopped the tenuous tissue the
loongdrawn whisper of an arachnid on top the vanity cabinet
and watched
watched to see if it survived the batteringthe surging bathwater
it was slight
he heard a sputter watched a leg grope forward
he took his shower
drying offstepping out of the shower
he saw the sodden toilet paper was empty
spiders attempted suicide in his
shower more often than he like to think
appleseed tried three times
this spider looked like the one
from a couple days earlier
eightlegged arachnids were keeping
him up on his ten toes
NO not on his watchNope
he yelled into his bathroom BUY A HANDGUN!
1033, Friday,
24 4. 20
Vic Chesnutt
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