‘O’ is for October
Oy, The Creepy Crawlies!
A sonnet for the October prompt at Paper Poetry
Outdoors is where crawlies belOng and thrive best: spinning and waiting. But this is the stOry of One that was invited inside. Take a lOOk.
She sees me standing frozen in stasis
DOes nOt scream, dOes nOt squirm, not even scare
Next, On bed — snacks and ZOOm with her besties
and sO she pretends I am just nOt there
Time tO sleep, to her best mOves, she takes heed
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 watch her search high and lOw
Hear her vOw nevermOre to eat in bed
Tears well, curses fly Out Open windOws
By mOrning the rOOm is zenned, and I unfed
The pOOr girl stands lOst in zombie stasis
Scared and spent, tense tO hOmeOstasis
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