i grabbed the mail today
and a spider, bigger than a quarter, ran out of the mailbox – and UP MY ARM
i flipped it onto the floor
and managed not to wreck my car as i pulled into the garage
debating if i needed to set my car, or maybe the house, on fire 
it sat on the mat, black and white and fuzzy
and when i tried to set it free in the yard
it waved its front legs, clacked its fangs and launched straight toward my face
“oh hell no”
and i crushed it into oblivion