Or an airtight jar of arthropod asphyxiation
childhood's bugjar caught
the glow of many fireflies
in its cruel deathtrap
About the Creator
Rob Angeli
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt
There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.
-Virgil Aeneid I.462
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