Tiny spider in the bath. <br />So palpable your terror, <br />so visible your despair. <br />Do not worry, for your fate <br />is entrusted to my tender care. <br />All that torment, that frustration, <br />is now to end in your salvation. <br /> <br />For you I shall succour, <br />you I shall save, <br />you I shall spare <br />from a watery grave. <br /> <br />But, let us be honest, <br />let us be clear. <br />If you were larger, <br />so great were my fear, <br />trembling, in panic, <br />one frantic lunge <br />would, to my shame, <br />your brief life expunge!<br /><br />Stewart Bartlam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-spider-in-the-bath/
