Woud you walk
she was shufflindown the hall looking up at the ceilingat its corners he was walking behind her
Walk
Wha arya doin
whispered Spiders.
Wha ofem I told you they tend to keep to the ceilingwhy
Why?
Yes
Why
I don’t know.
Down here sidestepped her motioned with his handspalms flat small circles hipheight they entered the livingroom Spiders tend not to be here because of the
cats the cats will kill them
I like that.
Yes
I thought you might But let me show you something
What?
Glassspiders
Ghostspiders
What?
Youre not as smart as you look follow me
got cats
she caught
the slight but he was rolling steamrolling and she knew from experience hed go
right over the top of her to get to his point
led her back into the hall
left into the bathroom pointed at the slab of rock encrusted with seashell
fossils sitting on the sink cabinet
Theres this strata thathey inhabit oohsooquiet
Look
Do you see
What am I looking at?
Glass
ghost spider
See the
real fine web
Where?
Between the back of the rock into the
cornerstrung on the texture of the walls to the mirrors edge
I don’t see anything.
Watch
Im going to blow eversoslightly into the corner
Watch
he exhaled
a shimmer
shimmered
There
I
see.
So very fragile
Yes.
Like glass
Like a ghost.
You see
Yes yes.
Youre not afraid
No.
I’m not afraid of this spider.
But the ones overheard who remain in their websscarcely move about frighten you
Maybe.
Because I can see them very
easily and theyre . . big.
Ah Perhaps a matter of scale he chuckled
sounded
like a hick What we got here . . a failure . to
communicate
What?
Yasay wha an awful lot
But like I said
Lets go
Familys waiting on us to go to breakfast
2100, Saturday,
22 3. 25
1008, Monday,
24 3. 25
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