Spiders in My Bed

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Spiders in His Bed

by John Hayes

Billy wakes, frightened by his dream

two spiders crawl across his face

he smashes them with his open hand

their innards seek his mouth.

He leaps from bed

washes his face in tepid water

a black spider dangles on the mirror

he smashes it with his open hand.

Back to his bed

three spiders scurry on the sheets.

he finds a spray

and blasts them dead.

Asleep again

red spiders dangle in his dream

while real spiders spin a web

about his feet