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A Bug’s Life

…a true short story ( that happened in a really weird place)

Violet DeTorres
4 min readMay 13, 2019

So, yeah…

There is this library I visit several times a week, because, well I’m somewhat nerdy in that way, and from time to time I use their restrooms. ( oh yeah, bucket list item, I would like to someday work in a library).

Anyways, I have noticed upon occasion there is this bug. Not the one I have pictured above ( because how odd would this story have become if I were taking my IPad into the restroom to take pictures of said bug) but one just like it. I was going to call it a potato bug, but when I googled it, a different bug appeared.

As a child, I remember calling these bugs roly polys.

Why? Because when you touched them, they curled up. ( I believe its some sort of defense mechanism against predators)

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So, there is this bug.

In the bathroom.

This bug has been there for awhile.

And I believe its the same bug that has been there for at least two weeks. (or possibly longer, but I just recently took notice of it)

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Violet DeTorres
Violet DeTorres

Written by Violet DeTorres

The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House // " When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" --Maya Angelou

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