Na|GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 22

Na|GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 22 Prompt: Today, we’d like to challenge you to write your own poem in which the speaker is in dialogue with him or herself.

I had a few thoughts on this one…

1~

the spider

I won’t be able to sleep
I can’t just leave it there
What if it wanders?
in the dark, 
on the ceiling over my head,
watching me, waiting
for the right moment
to drop!!!
I can’t sleep 
while it’s under the same roof!
I know what I need to do
roll a magazine, or
maybe get a broom…
yeah, a boom, that’s good
distance between me and it
take aim and swing, 
but I don’t dare miss…
what if I miss and it gets away?
Can’t let it get away,
I’ll never find it
It’ll just be out there, somewhere 
until it drops on my face!
I’ve never seen one this big
I wonder what kind it is?
I should google it…
No googling, focus! 
I can do this 
steady now…
I can do this…
but it’s so beautiful, 
even if it is terrifying…
I can’t do this!

I’ll get a Tupperware bowl, 
scooch it inside with the lid, 
and then transfer it outside
I’ve got this…I’ve got this…oh my…
OH MY! 
whoa, that was easier
than I thought it would be
I knew I could do it…I knew it
there you go little guy…
there you go…
NOW…I can sleep!

~kat

~2

voices in my ear

you know you want to
   it’s wrong, don’t do it
no one needs to know
   but you’ll know, you…will…know
somebody’s gonna do it, might as well be…
   no! Not you…you know what your mama  
   always said
your mama! don’t see nobody’s mama here
   well she’s here…she’s always here between
   your ears…
ugh…for Pete’s sake, it’s JUST A COOKIE! your favorite…you know you want it.
   it IS your favorite, chocolate chip with 
   macadamia nuts…
that’s right, knew you’d come around, it’s gonna be so good…
   you really don’t NEED it though, it’s the 
   polite, right thing to do…just leave it… 
   walk away
wait, don’t, oh well, one day you’ll realize that your sacrifice is all for nothing! Anyone else would have taken that last cookie, and not given it a single thought…
   yeah, well you’re not anybody, you’re 
   your mama’s daughter…like she always 
   said, “right is right”
yada yada yada…

~kat

Today’s glimmer is a real beauty. First full bloom of our moon flower. While it can be highly toxic to people, but the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, seem to love it, especially when it blooms at night. I was able to catch a photo in the morning! Fascinating plant.

Much love, peace, and night glimmers (or at the very least, sweet dreams) to you.

~kat

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