Scarab
Hard & round & shiny as a sex toy, studded collar biting into the dirt, the translucent hum of his wings folded away, the six- legged god plods backwards, wheeling his little world of shit.
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Dave Bonta
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Hard & round & shiny as a sex toy, studded collar biting into the dirt, the translucent hum of his wings folded away, the six- legged god plods backwards, wheeling his little world of shit.
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Dave Bonta looks at a scarab beetle pushing a ball of dung and turns the sight into something odd, funny, and a little unsettling. The beetle is described in startling terms: hard, round, shiny "as a sex toy," with a "studded collar" that bites into the dirt.
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