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Submitted to Contest #262
The japanese beetle fell into the jar of soapy water and began to struggle. I watched it struggle passionlessly, though not sadistically. It had been, after all, attempting to destroy our roses. The roses I hate. I don’t like the scent, I don’t like the thorns, and I wish I could just remove the bush and not be bothered. But my wife doesn’t agree. She doesn’t particularly care for roses either, but she subscribes to the common delusion that just because something is hard to take care of, it is worth taking care of. And so this beetle slowly ...
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