I saw the most frightening beast today
The likes of which I've never seen
Outside of nightmares or horror films
Fascinated, I used a camera
To examine it without getting too close
Lest I be eviscerated
Its cruel claws and proboscis
Its wretched legs and indifferent eyes
A killing machine, to be sure
And then I changed perspectives
Only to learn that it wasn't real
It was simply the husk of something former
My trepidation turned to laughter
As I chided myself aloud
For being afeared of such a tiny ghost.
