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Spider Pegs

This is the very first poem I wrote. 1977 I was 9 years old. Hanging out the washing… Reaching for the pegs… I went to grab another… And appeared these hairy legs. It crawled out from the peg… And onto my hand… I looked at it with horror… And shook it on the sand. It was a spider! Oh yuk! I looked at it with disgust… I then put my foot on it… And neatly squished it up. I looked into the basket… Making sure there was no more… And started hanging the washing… As I did once before!

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Date: 3/13/2018 6:20:00 AM
lol.. Guess you do not like spiders...
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Derani Blackburn
Date: 3/13/2018 9:37:00 AM
LOL yes! Im terrified of spiders! This is actually the first poem I ever wrote. 1977 I was 9 years old and submitted it to the State Library Poetry Competition. However I didn't win but Ive never forgotten this poem.

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