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A Hairy Situation

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “wreck”.

Image by Me & Gemini

A sailor whose ship was a wreck
found a spider quite large on the deck.
He shouted in alarm

“Don’t you do me no harm!”
As it crawled up the back of his neck.

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This is “Boris the Spider” by The Who

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