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THE BEAUTIFUL BUG
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A real story told me by a friend when I was in rehab for a hip operation
The bug was the most beautiful
thing he had ever seen
he thought
-- The thought more like
someone speaking to him
instead of thinking it himself --
The bug turned and he turned with it
It must be a beetle
he thought
It was as though
he was looking through a microscope --
he could see every detail
the rainbow colors on its back
that changed as the light changed
the hair on its legs
that he never would have seen otherwise
It was as though
they were suspended in time
he thought
So he would take hours
if that's what it took
to study this insect
to really get to know it
Just then the beetle looked
directly into his eyes
and for a moment
he thought
they both understood
Still weightless they continued to turn
The van rolling one more time
before it landed upside down
in a ditch and
began to fill with water
And then he and the bug fell hard
down onto the ceiling
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