He should have known it was coming, that spider in the corner. After all, he had to have heard the deafening whine of the vacuum cleaner as it got closer and closer. But still he sat, unheeding.
So he got sucked up. Destroyed. Buried in the collected dust and grime of past cleanings.
However, he was warned, was he not? He should have run. He should have taken shelter in a crevice somewhere. I might not have pursued him too far, being in a hurry to finish my appointed tasks.
And as I see the results of the noisy machine that is currently steamrolling through our liberties, I think to myself, “Well, we were warned, were we not?” And with the same nonchalance with which I destroyed the spider, our country’s leaders are destroying over 200 years of constitutional government.
No, they’re not the first to infringe on those hard-won freedoms. But the speed with which they are wiping out the rest truly frightens me.
I think it’s time to find that crevice. Maybe even prepare to run!
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Do spiders have ears?
ReplyDeleteOK, it appears that spiders do not have ears. I guess I never really thought about it. But neither did I specify exactly how said arachnid was going to sense my approach. So I appreciate the physiology instruction and stand semi-corrected! :-}
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