Brian Moses 'Spider-swallowing'
Channel: Benjamin Haugh
Date: 2021-11-17

73rd Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival
Solo Verse Speaking
Non-open, F4 Boys
Class U67

Brian Moses
'Spider-swallowing'

This may be something you do not know,
indeed, it may be something you do not wish to know,
but you are, almost certainly,
a spider swallower.

You don't know it's happening,
but be assured, it does.

It's easy to swallow mozzies or midges or flies,
you open your mouth to shout out something to your mates
and then before you know it
something takes a nose dive
down the black hole of your throat.

But spider-swallowing happens at night.

Fast asleep, you're on your back, mouth open,
when a spider that's been happily exploring your ceiling
suddenly sees your face from above and lets down a line.

Seeing the open trapdoor of your mouth, it thinks,
'I'll just slip inside.'

And at that moment when you feel something tickle your teeth,
your mouth snaps shut.

Then there’s only one place for the spider to hide
so it carries on down into your insides
never to be seen again.

When you wake next morning you don't remember a thing,
but the fact is, everyone swallows at least eight spiders in one lifetime!