Once,
I thought
I was
a spider.
"Maybe that's not me!" I said
when I looked in the mirror.

"Maybe I'm not
a giant
spider!"
But it was
so, so true.

I looked
in the mirror.
I did not like
what I saw.

I had
become
a lovely, lovely spider.
So, I went
and ate
some bugs.

But I was
still so hungry
still so hungry
so I wanted
something more.

I was hungry
so I started doing
one thing more.

I ate other spiders!
Others like me!
I ate other spiders
and it filled me up with glee!

So many spiders
for me
to eat.
and oh!
so delicious
inside
my tummy!

I ate the spiders
and I grew.
I ate the spiders
and never flew.

Sometimes I would
try to try to catch a bird,
it's true!
Lovely spiders for me
to eat!

Giant
things,
yes!
with
eight feet!

I loved to eat the spiders,
even though
I'm a spider.
It's kind of like
what the
humans do.

For they prey,
they prey upon
each other.
Extracting
their juicy,
juicy goo.

But! Me,
I do it literally
while they,
they do it figuratively.

They extract themselves
such delicious goo!
Making husks of their fellow humans.
Yes! It's true!