i saw a spider
stare back at me
in the late night
still with its
8 eyes
waiting for me to
make the next move
on high alert
i stared back
stopped reading
about orca whales
too lazy to kill it
too lazy to save it outside
like my mom teaches me
i stared back
and watched the spider
get bored with me
go off behind the shades
and disappear from view
i watch the spider
in the middle of its web
that takes up
the whole window
architectural divinity
a masterpiece
bored of people watching
bored with bug watching
fat after days of killing
when i step outside
sometimes
i blow on his home
watch him stay
or watch him go
up high as he avoids threat
i’m a big man
and you’re just a spider,
i whisper
i’m a spider
and my web is better
than anything
you’ve ever done
and anything
you’ll ever do
he whispers