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The Gift of a Spider (Revised)
Whiskeyjack
With a mastery of motion, so simply elegant	1
The spider crawls across the door	2
Not understanding, not knowing what it is for	3
The door swings open with out his consent	4
He fears for a moment, as he feels a worlds torment	5

For even a spider shall know regret	6
When he dwells upon death’s door	7
Though he offers only death, this tragedy he can’t ignore	8
No longer unaware he begins to weave a net	9
For that moment of agony this spider cannot forget	10

The gift of one spider was that of life immortal	11
His work now complete a tiny spider has died	12
But no one knows and not a tear is cried	13
Yet will his gift be good for the one time mortals	14
Don’t be careless in answer, for the answer is subtle	15
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