Pace e Bene – 29 January 2024

“She asks me to kill the spider.
Instead, I get the most
peaceful weapons I can find. 

I take a cup and napkin.
I catch the spider, put it outside,
and allow it to walk away. 

If I am ever caught in the wrong place
at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone, 

I hope I am greeted with
the same kind
of mercy.” 

—Rudy Francisco, “Mercy”