Contributor: Steve Isaak

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itchy creepy caressing
arachnid draglines
fell from night black thread-cocoon trees:
spiders, subtle bites
imagined
on a fatigued trek:
hour three
won’t hire an expensive dread-of-night cab
miles to go
till shower, bed
spider nightmare dawn
the soft flesh tickle of quick-scurry legs


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Steve Isaak, a.k.a. Nikki Isaak and Chuck Lovepoe, is the author of several poetry anthologies.