by Dan Campion

“Fossil of Pincer-Wielding Crawler Reveals Origins of Spiders, Scorpions and Others”
—The New York Times

What “Others”? Oh, I think we know.
It’s better we don’t name them, though.
Who needs the pinching, stinging fuss
Of grasping critters grabbing us?

For that is what the “Others” do
When they don’t share our point of view
(How creepy, crawly can it get?)
And place us in their oubliette.