by Michael Allen Rose…

…the insect reaches out his inordinately powerful forelimbs and grabs the bat. It chitters gently at my son, who backs away, tears of rage and confusion still in his eyes. The beetle points one of its mandibles, and my children run inside the house, to safety, as it turns to me and stands tall on its tiny back legs. It weighs the bat in its front legs a few times, like a gangster from a classic movie, then it points with the bat like its telling me where the home run is going to go.

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Michael Allen Rose is a writer, performance artist, and musician living in Chicago, IL. He is the founder and artistic director of RoShamBo Theatre, and releases industrial music under the pseudonym Flood Damage. Find out more about Michael at GerbilProbe.com. Find Michael’s books on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.