Plot Twists and Spider Web Coffee

There is a reason for every season of the heart. Half in light and half in dark is where we start. Half in light and half in dark is where we are. We are one beating heart. ~ The Midnight

It was just an ordinary Thursday morning at the office. After adding water to the coffee maker, I sat down at my desk ready to seize the day. As people started trickling in to enjoy the morning’s fresh brew, one of my coworkers brought the coffee pot over to me and indicated I should look inside. There I saw a sight I will never forget: a spider…had spun a web…across the opening…of the coffee pot. I was horrified. How had I not noticed that? Was it possible that after I walked away, the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the coffee pot as fast as his little legs could carry him, and spun his web while the coffee was drizzling down into the pot? Also…how was itsy bitsy not scorched from the hot coffee?! No arachnid super powers were transferred to anyone at the office that morning, but needless to say I will be checking for spiders and webs before making another pot of coffee for the rest of my life...

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