Business as Usual

Business as Usual
by John Bennett

Someone put
a black
widow spider
in my
Corn Flakes
box.

I built
it a
nest in
the hair
of my
armpit &
every morning
when I
wake up
I snatch
a fly
out of
the air
& feed
it to
the spider.

Then I
get dressed
& walk
around like
nothing’s
out of
the ordinary.