Clumsy spiders
crawl the ceiling
When one trips
it falls, pinwheeling
down your neck
or in your hair
Slumbering mouths
had best beware
for this light snack
unlooked for treat
will climb your tongue
with eight clawed feet
to flee in fear
past sleeping lips
with tickling, hairy
pedipalp tips
And should you snore
grind, or inhale
as in your mouth
the creature scales
your fate entwined
with it shall be
waking unaware
yet less hungry
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