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Good Deeds

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My daughter brought the garbage bin in from the street for the first time.

As she walked it to the gate, a sun spider ran across her ankle.

She screamed.

And she will probably never bring the trash bin in again.

 

By the way, sun spider is a misnomer – it’s not a real spider nor does it like the sun!

 

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September 6, 2019September 4, 2019 chungwipff
artcreepy thingsdesert arachnidsdrawingfunnyinsectsmindfulnessnocturnalpresencesun spidertracing paper

Adaptation

I used to be a nightshade,

slow to rise and rouse myself at daybreak,

active and alert by the light of the moon,

happy to be a nocturnal brute

 

but mothering lent solitude only at dawn,

and I craved the quiet and calm,

So I rose with the sun and sometimes aforetime,

and now I wilt early – often before nine!

 

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December 9, 2017 chungwipff
artdiurnaldrawinglisa congdonmorning glorymotherhoodnocturnalpoemspoetry
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