She saw me standing frozen in stasis Did not scream, did not squirm, not even scare Next on bed, snacks and Zoom with her besties and so pretended I just was not there Time for bed, to her best moves she heeded armed with jar and a hoodie to take flight That I'd be there is all the girl needed By gum, arachnids aren't dumb-- out of sight! Behind blinds I watched her search high and low Heard her vow nevermore to eat on bed Tears welled, curses flew out opened windows By morning the room was zenned and I unfed The poor girl stood lost in zombie stasis Scared and spent, tense to homeostasis *** © 2021 selmamartin.com
The last place I want to see a spider is in my bedroom. And I’m pretty sure this applies to all of us.
And common knowledge has it that spiders are generally attracted to insects— they feed on them. Sorry to say that if you’ve inadvertently created ways to have other tiny insects in the bedroom— say, by eating on your bed, it won’t be long before spiders enter the space as well. Oh, no!
Another thing to keep in mind is that the spiders that roam into your house, looking for a mate, are usually male. They’re typically fast runners, but they tend to freeze at a sudden switch of a light.
Still, no one likes to find spiders in their bedroom, but here’s the thing, my lovelies: the scary part is not seeing them on the wall, it gets scary when you don’t see them run off somewhere else. Sheesh.
It could very well keep you up all night tidying your sleeping quarters.
The good folks at dVerse are talking about “Creepies and Crawlies” for Tuesday. It’s a lovely prompt that I encourage you to read. Oh, the sonnet examples. Lovely. Thanks, Sarah. And of course, I tried my hand with the sonnet.
Photos: Image by Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay
and Image by Josch13 from Pixabay
- Day 27: NaPoWriMo 2024–Opt Out of An American Sonnet - April 27, 2024
- Day 26: NaPoWriMo 2024 Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance - April 26, 2024
- Reblog: “Snap-beans in a Wooden Bowl”(c) 2024 by Michael L. Utley - April 26, 2024
The zombie statis / homeostasis rhyme is brilliant. Love this!
Aww. You made my day’s work with those words memorable. Thanks so much for saying what you just said. I appreciate the encouragement.
Be well. I wish you miracles.
“By morning the room was zenned” – this line made me laugh for some reason! 😀 Poor spider! Perhaps she just wanted to hang out with you? (I sa she because the big ones with the long legs are usually girls) 🙂
haha, yes. The room was tidy/zenned by morning… haha. Glad you laughed. I did add it as a humor piece. Thanks for letting me know you giggled. (I don’t have a funny bone, you see, so when something gets you laughing, I laugh.) Thanks.
You DO have a funny bone, Selma! It’s enormous. So to speak 😀 I’m glad you laugh too 🙂
😀 💕
Loved your writing Selma as much as the image of the spider creeps me out 😅💗
Thanks for reading. I appreciate you tons.
Its always a pleasure ❣️😊
I am very glad that I am reading this in the morning, and not last night!!! Well turned, I enjoyed it.
Aww. Thanks for reading and enjoying. AND commenting. The best. Thank you.
Spiders do give me the heibie jeibies! The worst part really is when you miss getting them and they run off and hide. Well done Selma!
Dwight
Thanks, Dwight.
Some brave compassionate souls capture spiders and put them outside, only to encounter them inside again and again. I really hate it when I awaken to find several itchy spider bites on my body.
Yes, compassionate souls (like the girl in my poem) do that.
Sorry to hear you get bitten some times. Hope it’s nothing too serious.
Thanks for reading and commenting. Be well.
Beautiful & lovely words about spider recommend to do. I like. 👌
Thanks for reading, Raj. Glad you enjoyed it. Be well. Sending you blessings.
I accept it. Thanks god Selma
Selma, you have made me not want to go to bed tonight! Luckily, I don’t see the horrendous house spiders in Slovenia that I used to see in the UK. Perhaps they like a wetter climate.
Oh my, didn’t mean to make you scared. Wanted to make you laugh… haha.
Horrendous ones in UK?! Sheesh. Don’t want to meet those.
Thanks for reading and commenting. Be well, Ingrid. xo
I’m not fussed about spiders, but my daughter had me take the hoover down to the end of the road to empty out her hoover. She had hoovered it up, but wouldn’t let it be near the house even then.
Oh, my! She’s scared of spiders. But she’s also very brave with that hoover.
But it’s funny what you guys did. Be well. Thanks for visiting.
LOL…this reminds me of the saying, “Out of sight, out of mind, unless there’s a spider in your bedroom!”.
Yup, unless there’s a spider. It’sscary when they disappear.
Thanks for reading, Susan.
Great sonnet!
My daughter hates spiders, but the rest of us don’t mind having huntsmen around the house, as long as they stay high up. It’s the scorpions that come into the house occasionally that freak me out.
What!? Scorpion? Jeez. How? Stay away from those. Please. Those I don’t like. Be well. Sending you blessings.
Australian scorpions are not deadly, just painful. My son was bitten in the armpit by one that had crawled into t-shirt he’d left on the floor and then put on. It wasn’t painful enough to convince him to put his clothes away, so I don’t think it can be as painful as he claimed.
Kids! Wow, though. Right there on the floor! 😳😮💨
Be safe.
Actually most of us don’t like spider at all.They web net here and there in our room. But you have written beautifully . Loved to read it ☺️😊
Thanks, Priti. Be well, dear one. I bless you.
🙂☺️💗❣️❤️💓💖🌷🌷😊👍My pleasure. Stay happy and blessed forever ❤️❤️☺️
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