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A Fear that’s no joke
When I’m working and busy I get into my head.
Please don’t sneak up quiet, it is something I dread
I hate to be scared or shocked just a bit
Do not stand too close, I’ve a history to hit
But what makes it worse than anything else
Are arachnids with webs, you will hear my yells
I do not know why I have such a fear
Its something I live with, one I just cannot bear
I’ve been to my counselor, I’ve gone in a daze
I’ve tried to understand why I’ve this bad craze
No matter what I’ve done I just cannot see
Any of these creatures, anywhere they might be
I can’t see them crawling or on the TV
They’ll be in my nightmares, I’ll never be free
It isn’t a joke I must be concrete
there isn’t another fear that can compete
So please do not show me or tell me about
some little thing crawling up a water spout.
©2024 CBialczak
Stine Writing 
I hate spiders 😀 🙂 shudder!
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I am terrified of them. I have spider nightmares that I went to therapy for. It gets bad sometimes.
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Love this, Christine! I have a friend that feels the same way about lobsters, though you can generally prevent seeing them.
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Lobsters! To me that is hilarious, but don’t tell your friend. It is just so random!
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She thinks they look like giant insects.
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😂😂😂😂
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Spiders – I love them – they eat all the mites and cast wonderful webs. But they make my wife scream !!
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I was a laboratory manager. I once thought a staff member had shouted “fire” and leapt to action. Turns out she had shouted “Spider!”
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I really shouldn’t laugh! One time I was at my job where I was teaching in a private program in an old victorian house. I was trapped until the janitorial staff came because there were a bunch of spiders in the door frame.
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I hear you and can identify. I’m better than I was and can tolerate the smaller ones. Hubby is my spider catcher, and he has jokingly said that the bigger ones might need the rifle!
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They are the main reason I am afraid that I want to travel to the rainforest!
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What a treat to read (not the spiders though)! I don’t have a fear, I simply get rid of the the easiest and fastest way I can. Take care and mind where you step/look/sit.
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My best defense is a vacuum cleaner and a can of Raid
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I can relate to the spiders!!! The 8-leggers freak me out!!
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I have that phobia too! I think many people do. And yet, in many ways I revere spiders, so I prefer not to kill them but to get braver people to take them outside.
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I let them live outside…I just can’t see them…
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