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Here it comes again:
the steel-legged
spider
with the many marbled eyes
that's been biding
its time
in hiding
beneath my bed.
I know where it's headed.
Last time as I lay
with both eyes closed,
it crawled the line of my spine
knuckle by knuckle,
to slip atop my skull
and squeeze.
All this week it has been creeping
closer
as I sleep.
Soon it will hold me captive
again,
twitching its limber limbs
to the tune of my troubles,
watching with wide
vindictive eyes
as I writhe.
I am lying tonight
with two eyes open -
too afraid of myself
to sleep.
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