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  • 4 days ago
Nikki Giovanni's "Spider" poem reveals a hard truth that we can all relate to — just because we are frighten of something, doesn't mean we should kill it.
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00:00I killed a spider, not a murderous brown recluse, nor even a black widow, and if the truth were told,
00:09this was only a small, sort of papery spider, who should have run when I picked up the book, but
00:19she didn't.
00:21And she scared me, and I smashed her. I don't think I'm allowed to kill something, because I am frightened.