Showing posts with label instincts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label instincts. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Charlotte outside the door


If you leave our house at nightfall, walk straight ahead, don't turn to the left.
Charlotte has been spinning her web each evening. I could get the broom from the kitchen and wipe her out.
This morning a slightly smaller spider had entered my car by the window I had left open. In the close space, my pacifistic feelings were overcome by my survival instincts--it's either you or me.
Off came both my shoes and the splot of protoplasm disappeared in mid-air. I feel no guilt.