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Mercy
From The Animals Voice

 

She asks me to kill the spider.

Instead I get the most

Peaceful weapons I can find.

I take a cup and a napkin.

I catch the spider, put it outside

and allow it to walk away.

If I am ever caught in the wrong place

at the wrong time just being alive

and not bothering anyone,

I hope I am greeted

with the same kind of mercy.

Argiope spider
Argiope female spider on her web, image from Basile Morin, Creative Common

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