Attacked In The Middle Of The Night Comments
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At approximately 3 a.m. I toodled into the bathroom.
(Yes, I actually toodle... you know, like a groggy poodle)
While sitting there- -
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Just love it.....'with the clear conscious of any self-respecting spider mutilator'.... I had always considered myself a bit of a spider rescuer until a few days ago when a large white tail spider came charging towards me at work and threw himself under my shoe. I don't like to kill spiders at all yet, if in threat of any jumping on me, death is certain.
hahahahaha- you didn't so much kill the white spider as it committed suicide throwing himself under your shoe... suicide by nurse... if there had been cops there at the hospital at the time, I'm sure it would have preferred suicide by cop....I admire those who can stay in the same room as a spider and think of ways to remove it w/o spilling the creature's blood or goo or whatever ;)
Now this is a mystery that will bug the peace of my days until it is solved- -tI received a notification about this comment, but it is no where to be found! ! Who wrote this? Tell me please what you tried so hard to post! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For some reason I am unable to submit my original comment on this gorgeous poem. I have tried copying and resubmitting. I''m now trying a totally different comment to see if this comment makes it through...lol
Truly, delightfully hilarious, Susan. I, too, am now in need of a laundromat. This was the best part of my afternoon. I am still smiling. Thank you! :)
I delight in people who have a lovely sense of humor! ! ! Or a weird one like mine. Or a dark one also like mine. Otherwise I could only crack up me, myself, and I..... :)
Aaargh! I went through the whole tale with you. Eyes wide and unblinking. Now I find I'm unable to compose a coherent comment at the thought of a spider possibly being in here with me, and I am without a shotgun.
hahahahahahahahahaha- I know what you are feeling- -I am fine until somebody says the word spider, then my eyes start darting to every dim and dark corner in my house! ! ! I found one very ugly nasty looking one in my washing machine today so I gave him a wash and TWO rinses. Took the ugly right out of him and all his 8 limp legs! ! !
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! I galloped off to read a poem of yours and got thrown into a heap- -PH says you're not there. I tried every which way I could to dodge the PH roadblock, Do me a favor and send me a map to your new dwelling? ? ? ? ! ! ! ! !
Very creatively scintillating story poem soo enjoyable to read. Nice to know u don't kill all spiders. This one sounds real terrifying n harmful. I like spiders unless they are poisonous. Great if some spiders could chase away the black widow spiders. Stay safe n take care. Kudos. Do write some more. Soo nice to read from u again. Pls do review comment my latest poem too, titled, saints and sinners/ordinary folks
I am pleased you enjoyed reading this light-hearted piece. I like to make people chuckle! !
A VERY interesting STORY to put on a poetry site. You know if you don't kill the spider, It always comes back when the lights are off. ALWAYS
The Crow- - - - - -You and Tom Allport! ! You both take such delight in horrifying poor fragile women cursed with arachniphobia! ! ! Friendly spiders flocking back when the lights go off indeed! ! ! AAARGH! ! ! ! Now I will be sleeping with the lights on... Can't keep a Storyteller down by the way... ;)
a very humorous poem of the place where little friendly spiders roam albeit late at night they often do give funny ladies a fright? ..........creatively well written Susan
Tom Allport- - - - - - - - - FRIENDLY spiders? Friendly spiders sound like spiders who want to crawl all over a person and cuddle! EEEEEEEEW! Shrieking here! t-t-thank you for your comments but I could have done without the image of FRIENDLY spiders! ! ! ! ! ! ! hahahahahaha shiver hahahahahahahah
Great writing as humour is the hardest form of writing and you have cracked it as well as that humongous spider, I was totaly immersed and found it funnier and funnier, so well done Susan and thank you for your witty and humourous poem!
Hazel Durham- - - - - - -Grinning here! It pleases me to no end that you enjoyed my atrocious sense of humor! ! ! I agree with you- -writing humor is a difficult thing to do...but so rewarding when I hear from you that you found it funnier and funnier! ! Thank you so much Hazel for your encouragement
I recognize the humor hidden in this poem, and enjoy it but here is a specimen of your graceful blending of adventure and humor and imagination make this poem so interesting and great even.......thanks for sharing.......Susan........a huge 10
Deepak - - thank you for reading and enjoying my sense of humor and for the 10! ! ! !
I actually chuckled several times during the reading of this! Very funny! Keep that shotgun handy!
Kim - -I love it when an novelist makes me laugh out loud or sends me into such a gale of laughter that I stop breathing! ! ! To hear that you chuckled at my effort makes me feel like a giant! ! ! ! Thank you so very much!
Hey, Susan! Good to see a new posting from you. Though a good and precious soul (most of the time in the way you mean it) , I enjoyed this narrative. Except for black widows (which are common here) , I think of spiders as insect control and have a live and let live attitude towards them. More broadly though, when things frighten you to a corner, I say, You go, girl! -Glen
Glen Kappy- - - - I admire your restraint! Everybody in a four block radius knows when I have spotted a spider! ! I have handled snakes- no problem. I have had mice run up my long hair when I bent over deep into a barrel to dip out the last bit of oats- - -didn't even make me squeak. I stomped on a scorpion and promptly returned to writing. But spiders? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! ! !
I love this! It was so much fun. I have ideas that pop like bread in a toaster too...that was a good one! I'm glad you have a shotgun to protect yourself from that monster that was going after that monster of a spider with long foldable legs. That was super fun!
Jette Blackstone, I am so pleased you enjoyed my wack-o sense of humor and had fun reading this!
I hammered that spider into the floor over and over. until I could not find any of his mortal remains except one or two of those nasty crooked legs to bury. - - - -Well Susan- - - There are.GARGANTUAN fears ; those try to intrude our psyche at night.And, yes we have to kick and kill the 'fear. Wonderful imagery, excellent choice of words as always with your poems.
Bharati, my dear friend- - Your comment made me think- -I should attack all my fears with the ferocity I showed that spider. Then I would be Wonder Woman in my personal life instead of being a worry wart to end all worry warts. Thank you for your comment, my friend, you have planted a seed into my mind!
Really dear Susan, it is a great write from your poem. This reveals the way of escaping all the important and dire events in life via deplorable sense of humor by means of a spider. I found amusing depiction of many lines like....... Not just once. Not just twice. I hammered that spider into the floor over and over. Thanks for sharing.
Kumarmani - -That comment of yours pleased me to no end! ! I am glad you enjoy humorous poetry as well as the serious! Your comments are very uplifting, my friend.
Ever So Humorous! ! ! ! ! ROFL! ! ! ! ! Spiders Frighten Me Too! ! ! ! ! Except Daddy Longlegs! ! ! .. Ever So Excellently Done! ! ! ! ! Had Me Hanging On The Edge Of The Tub! ! ! ! ! I am With You! ! ! ! ! Together POW! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! heh. Ever Ever So Many 1O'S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! +++++ And Big Hugs Too! ! ! ! ! :) Awesome Poem! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
PoemHunter's very own dear Cheerleader, Rebecca- - - -Part 2. The jumping spider is a black or dark dark brown spider with two dots on the back of the neck. The reason I like this particular spider and will never harm it but just encourage him to leave the house is because when this breed of spider moved into the yard and occasionally the house, the black widow spiders disappeared. I do not KNOW if the jumping spiders killed them but I believe they did! ! !
Becca! ! ! - - - Love that we have the same whacky sense of humor! ! ! I played with Great Daddy Longlegs when I was a child.! PH is making me write a 2 part reply- - - ]
A brilliant poem on a spider, so humorously painted. Loved the flow of lines between the pulses of the thoughts that galloped through you. 10+++ dear for so nice a poem shared with us. Subhas
Subhas - - I love it when a reader has an emotional response to what I have written. Thank you for enjoying a poem that makes you laugh!
Quite possibly, a long leg was grabbed like a shotgun Which shot the intruder in the middle of night - nicely funny
Feipeng - - Thank you for reading and for leaving a humorous comment! :)
Susan, this is epic....just like Beowulf and Grendel. OK....this is the contemporary version and vision of that old English classic. Really well done. Another 10!
Never has an ancient piece of legendary literature been so ill-used! ! ! ! ! ! ! You might want to be careful- those Danish Kings and Warriors types don't seem to have an epic sense of humor! Hehehe, couldn't resist a pun when it just leaps up and grabs my pen! ! ! Thank you, Mj for liking my sense of humor! ! ! ! I shall have to write one expressly for you or I could be bribed not to!
now it's my turn to send you a laundry bill for all the coffee spilt down my shirt. I'm not sure this is not the funniest poem I've ever read! Though I did shed the odd tear for Mr Arachnid! Hope you are going to post a sequel re the beast that was chasing Mr Spider. Yes, I can see a problem with the Tarzan action! I'm going to print this off and e-mail it to my daughter. Then you'll have two laundry bills to fund!
Tom, you will now be receiving a bill for my laundry that received damage of an unmentionable kind due to sudden involuntary belly laughter! ! Uh oh- I see you're drumming up business for your local laundromat- - I must surrender to your military strategy but really, Tom, using your daughter in such a way- -she might ruin a really expensive well-loved blouse and it is YOU who she will hold accountable. Thank you for enjoying this piece so much that you would share it with your daughter
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7/19/2025 11:18:34 AM # 1.0.0
An amusing depiction has been made on spider's gait. So interesting and humorous. The last lines are effective..... I scrambled out of bed, grabbed the shotgun, turned on all the lights, and waited. I'm still waiting. But I keep nodding off now. One of these times I won't snap awake again. And when that happens, IT will get me. Beautiful poem amazingly shared.10