04-02-2015, 06:15 PM
I hope the pet garden variety spider counts because that's the only pet I've ever had. 
...
It was my precious friend of a few days
before Mum found him there, and tossed him out
to the wind. How cruel, I thought,
imagining a person windblown, waiting outside the door -
I tried to coax him through some cracks
but he couldn't come.
I found him first on the posts of my bed, slipping.
I stared at him, blurry eyed in the morn
before scooping him into a bathroom cup
and giving him a place to stay.
I told him all the rules: no scaring Mum (Dad doesn't care
too much), no making webs where they'll be in the way
but the cup is fine, it's your home
But only for a few days because Mum found him there
and I never saw him again.
...
It was my precious friend of a few days
before Mum found him there, and tossed him out
to the wind. How cruel, I thought,
imagining a person windblown, waiting outside the door -
I tried to coax him through some cracks
but he couldn't come.
I found him first on the posts of my bed, slipping.
I stared at him, blurry eyed in the morn
before scooping him into a bathroom cup
and giving him a place to stay.
I told him all the rules: no scaring Mum (Dad doesn't care
too much), no making webs where they'll be in the way
but the cup is fine, it's your home
But only for a few days because Mum found him there
and I never saw him again.
When it finally snows here, I'll catch a snowflake and put it in the fridge.