mating

when i saw the spider on the ceiling

i thought wow that's very black widow like

close enough that you're going outside anyway



and as i shoveled her off

i noticed a thinner spider opposite her

and wondered if i'd just interrupted a mating ceremony



as i gave her the toss

i thought sorry if i just laid to waste

a whole lot of work



coming back to scoop the other guy away

i thought to say hey bud

i just saved you quite a fate



until i looked closer

and tossing him away realized



i'd been talking to nothing more

than a withered

headless

corpse