The unseen spider waits
until you fall asleep, then
it creeps along the ceiling
of your open mouth and into
the soft nasal passage where
it lays the eggs that you will
incubate with sleepy breath.
When they finally hatch and
scurry over your darkened
eyes and up into your brain,
their feet dissolve, floating
forever upon the sea of sight.
Matthew Schultz is the author of Parallax, a chapbook available from 2River.org. Twitter: @eireprof