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# The Itsy-Bitsy
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-itsy-bitsy/
- Published: 2025-10-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Expecting her performance to be thrilling, spectators filled with existential dread, an itsy-bitsy drops down from the ceiling. adrift on a translucent, silver thread.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Expecting her performance to be thrilling,  
spectators filled with existential dread,  
an itsy-bitsy drops down from the ceiling.  
adrift on a translucent, silver thread.

Does her appearance fill your mind with terror,  
mouth opened in a stifled, silent scream?  
Will you attempt to swat her? Will you spare her,  
allow her to continue with her scheme?

At times I think myself that itsy-bitsy,  
befuddled by a menacing new broom,  
and swatted as my summoner admits he  
cannot exist if I am in the room.

But other times I'm caught up in your web.  
And you're the spider, watching my life ebb.

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**Author notes:** image generated by author prompt to Gemini