I wrote this poem a long time ago when I was in about 4th grade. When I wrote it, spiders were one of the main things that I was afraid of. While I'm still not quite over my fear of the creepy crawlies, I don't find them to be anywhere near as bad as I remember from my childhood.

Arachnophobia

Those creepy things crawl around.

One is always within 3 feet of you.

Some are tiny,

Some are huge,

All eight-legged,

All super scary,

I hate them so much.

Some are poisonous,

Some are not,

Some aren't even arachnids:

Tarantulas, Daddy Longlegs, Black Widows.

Beasts that hide in webs,

All over the world.

They terrify me wherever I go.

Sure they eat annoying bugs,

But they also kill humans,

How can you argue with that?

They are scary,

They are mean,

I hate them,

And those stupid spiders scare me to death.