arachnid disco by Deanna Larsen

I'm a spider floating in a glass of water
I'm a gypsy moth quivering in a web
doctors flutter
under my skin
bloodletters in a sterile sky
the locust swarm orchestra
hums deep in my lungs
exoskeleton fiddles
plucking IVs
antennae inch down
my mosquito net mouth
Black Widows
suck the Katydid dry
the nurse's coat twists around her waist
dragonfly wings in a storm drain
her scorpion needle poised
that hornet stings me
back to life



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Deanna Larsen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish, Latin American Studies and Creative
Writing. She studied the tango in Argentina, but still can't dance. She currently lives in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work is forthcoming in wtf pwm and Ramshackle Review.