Squish
August 25, 2009
My “History of African Civilization” class was the best course I took in college. Among other things, we read a folktale called Sundiata, and in it, they talk of totem animals. Every person has a totem animal which appears to them, through which their ancestors speak to them, and into which they can allegedly transform themselves.
Ever since that class, I’ve been keeping an eye out for my totem animal, and I think it’s a spider. I realize that spiders are arachnids, but there’s something about their appearance in my life which I find strategic and somewhat comforting. I haven’t killed a spider since.
I really hope my totem animal isn’t a centipede. Espeically a house centipede. I lost count of how many I’ve crushed just after telling it, “I’m sorry!”
