I killed a spider
Not a murderous brown recluse
Not even a black widow
And if the truth were told this
Was only a small
sort of papery spider
Who should have run
When I picked up the book
But she didn’t
And she scared me
And I smashed her
I don’t think
I am allowed
To kill something
Because I am
Frightened
~ Nikki Giovanni
source:
( Chasing Utopia, A Hybrid. 2013 )
image source : nikki-giovanni.com
