I have spiders in my livingroom.

At least two that I know of, although I'm certain there are countless other things crawling around that I refuse to see. I've had my apartment sprayed before, but as it was not a pleasant experience - for me or the spiders - I've decided to just deal with the little freeloaders.

Until two days ago, the two spiders in my livingroom lived in opposite corners of the room. Monday I noticed that the bigger spider in the east corner had relocated to the west corner of the room. "How nice," I thought. "They'll totally be BFFs now." As it turns out, not so much.

I came home yesterday to find both spiders still in the west corner of the room - the bigger spider hovering near the ceiling and the smaller one hanging dejectedly slightly below. He looked different somehow, and upon closer inspection, I noticed that he had only five legs. His remaining three legs were stuck to the web, about half a foot away from the rest of his body.

Staring at the severed legs, I noticed that they were folded around themselves, forming a symbol I'd seen before. "Oh my God," I said aloud. "It's the Star of David."

No lie - the Star of David has appeared in my livingroom, much like the Virgin Mary announcing herself on a tree trunk, or the visage of Jesus Christ appearing on a piece of buttered toast. At first I thought the spider had sacrificed his legs to his beliefs like a tiny little martyr, but now I believe him to be the victim of a political attack.

When I went home for lunch today, the bigger spider was back in his east corner, quietly going about his business like nothing had happened. "It was you," I whispered to the spider. "You did this."

I never thought that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would find its way into my livingroom, but I can't deny the evidence. I believe the bigger spider traveled to the west side of the livingroom, exerted his power over the other spider, then used the spider's detached legs to plant a symbol over the livingroom, claiming the right to sovereignty.

Or maybe they were just fighting over food. Whatever. Check out the pictures of the now-crippled spider and his corporeal message and judge for yourself.