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Part One: Childhood
Have you ever swallowed a spider?
And felt its hairy legs
Trying to climb out of your throat?
What does a spider taste like?
It depends. Most of the time
You don’t bother savouring the taste.
Eight legs, 48 knees, hair, a bloated abdomen
A head with fangs and eight eyes,
Don’t worry about bones—spiders have none.