There’s a spider living in my sink

She’s better at living than that other spider in my other sink

We have an agreement, she leaves me enough space to do dishes and I leave her alone to live in my sink

I just can’t take her out of the only home she’s ever known

I didn’t know she was a she until she made an egg sac

I watched it and wondered if I should do something about it but I couldn’t bring myself to break her hard work

She built it safe, up on the counter between the wall and a cup

Tiny babies came out

I guess they live in my house now too

Keeping in mind I can only fight people on the internet

I really am an ineffectual nothing

But the least I can do is provide housing to other creatures

I can’t bring myself to harm another

If I was a wild thing I would probably die

Anyhow I exist

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