It’s your roommate. Don’t kill it.

I KILLED A SPIDER

NOT A MURDEROUS BROWN RECLUSE

NOR EVEN A BLACK WIDOW

AND IF THE TRUTH WERE TOLD THIS

WAS ONLY A SMALL

SORT OF PAPERY SPIDER

WHO SHOULD HAVE RUN

WHEN I PICKED UP THE BOOK

BUT SHE DIDN’T

AND SHE SCARED ME

AND I SMASHED HER

I DON’T THINK I’M ALLOWED

TO KILL SOMETHING

BECAUSE I AM

FRIGHTENED

-Nikki Giovanni