Too Clingy
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He is a beetle
He has not openly stated his goal
For some time now [it's reported]
he has been trying to self right
But he must have dozed off in the briefing
or been issued a faulty righting unit
because he is shit at it
His inverted pacing is constant
No bursts of panic
No pausing to invite any doubt
He is focused
I remember when I first saw him
heading back to the pool
I received a handover on the situation
Following three ___ paused ___ thoughts ___
I offered to help
I focused on the fact that no one had said
'Do not touch those
samurai armoured
dish antennared
chunky arse beetles'
So ___
after turning his substantial mass rightways
I set down my airlift palm and he strolled aboard
Targeted destination:
under a bush
He was such an enticing freak
Totally grateful
Completely co-operative ___ Until
he just became a little too
clingy
As his grasps of preservation increased
pinning my hand through his 6 barbed legs
I heard instruction from my instinct libraries
'Put the
samurai armoured
dish antennared
chunky arse beetle down'
I turned over my hand ___
He tightened his innocent grip
I shook my palm downward ___
He held on more mightily
A switch in my urbanised brain was then thrown
and with a pulse booming recoiling flick
his olive-self barreled away through our air
Embarrassed ___
I made an apology
for my out scaled reaction
And now back on the tiled walkway
he did take a pause
perhaps checking in with the reference
of his own survival library
Then immune to resentment
and as if time was un-necessary
he ambled off ___
up the right way
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