So Katherine started to ponder envy. Envy, that tiny spider with the knack for appearing when it was least wanted. That sneaky thing that crept around on it's spindly legs, keeping out of sight. Who can say that Envy has never poisened them, and who can keep him out of their hearts forever? He crawls into your heart and manipulates your world. Crawling so slowly with his fangs ready for the bite, waiting for a host to let him in. Been crawling into hearts since the first man out performed another. She was likely to see blood run green with him venom any day now. She was upset, but compassionate as well. Poor Annie! The girl could not smote the passions inside her for the lad Tim. She tried to go and talk with her, but Annie refused. Her heart held an enormous pain, and she did not want to eye the reciever of her thoughts. She'd rekindle the friendship soon as she had time to get over her feelings for Tim. It would be just like old times. That's what she told herself. But Annie would never let go of her feelings, and Katherine knew this. And if she hadn't, the next day she would've found out, for the icy glances from across the hall would never let her forget. The friend that never left her side before now felt miles away. The ice kept them seperated though they were a few feet apart. Hate, that green snake, had begun to constrict Annie's mind.
So...not that great, but I gave it a go...
I tried to create a feeling of distance between them with the "cold" and "ice" which Hurston has done earlier in the book. I also really tried to give the spider/envy a sense that it crawled in slowly, and that people wanted to deny it was there until it was blatantly obvious. I'm not sure I was very successful in this though.
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