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Bug

Just an annoying black bug

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Edward Pearlman
May 05, 2023
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There, behind the faucet, movement.
A black bug trying to crawl up toward the wall,
An invader, seeking purchase in the house
And from there, where next?

He let water drip onto the bug from his finger.
Knocked down an inch, it struggled upward again.
He attacked it with more drips
Then got the idea of using soap.
Worse than water, right?
Would it seal …

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