Souvenir (title change, edit)

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Souvenir


I thought my pet spider died
yet here she sits knitting
in her corner on her web.
It was only her discarded
outgrown exoskeleton
found like an empty
sandy swimsuit at low tide.

Remnant


I thought my pet spider had died
but there she is knitting
in the corner on her web–
it was only her discarded
exoskeleton, molted away
like a lost swimsuit found
on the beach at low tide.

Edit suggestion above
I like the simile at the end, very vivid

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The simile and the poem are clever. The title doesn’t do them justice.