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You’re listening to Poetry Month on The Voice of Dog.
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This is Rob MacWolf
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your fellow traveler,
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and Today we present a poem by Frances Pauli,
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who writes speculative and romantic stories with animal characters.
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She is the author of the Serpentia books
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and Hybrid Nation series,
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and you can find more of her stories on her website.
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Please enjoy “Drunk Spider II”,
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a poem by Frances Pauli
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The spider that I almost Drank
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Went on to better things
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In his penthouse apartment
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Of the spider Highrise
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Above my curtains.
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He has a fat wife who almost never tries To eat him
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And a thousand healthy children
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Each one adoring,
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grateful For his daily efforts.
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He enjoys a perfect,
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post drunk Arachnid utopia
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Webbed safety in one Dark corner
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of my guilt. This was “Drunk Spider II”
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by Frances Pauli,
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read for you by Rob MacWolf,
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Werewolf Hitchhiker.
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Thank you for listening
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to The Voice of Dog.
