The Life and Death of Mr. Caterpillar

Okay, so something weird has been happening in my living room for the past week. I noticed it Tuesday when I got up from my blogging to go and use the little boy's room. When I returned, to my surprise, there was a small caterpillar, peculiar in shape, slithering around on my keyboard. Of course, it startled me and instead of killing it, I just flicked it off my keyboard.

Since that day, every time I get up momentarily from my laptop in the living room, Mr. Caterpillar is somewhere on my laptop when I return. Exhibit A:



Ahhh! Frightening right? Right. So this only gives me one conclusion to turn to... Mr. Caterpillar is deeply in love with me. I realized this when he looked at me. He showed me his gleaming little bug eyes that screamed love and torment at the same time. I didn't know how to respond to his awkward affection so I flicked him off once more.

Just this morning I got up to take the trash out and when I returned, low and behold, he came crawling back. But this day was different and I'd had enough of his shenanigans. I sat with him and told him that our love was forbidden and it couldn't be.

"Society isn't ready!" I said.

So I had to take him out of his misery so he could move on to a better world. A better life.



Let's have a moment of silence for Mr. Caterpillar.

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