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Medium years / August 21, 2023

I Would Hurt a Fly

Emotionally that is

Originally published on Medium on August 21, 2023. View original

Don’t tell this to anyone.

There’s a fly in my fridge.

I just saw it flying in

towards yesterday’s sushi, unconcerned.

And I still closed the fridge, unconcerned.

But it got me thinking

(much easier than caring, like eating stale sushi).

What kind of person am I?

Not a person who wouldn’t hurt a fly.

There are things I would do.

Because I just couldn’t be bothered.

I have eaten off a dirty plate.

I have eaten off a floor.

(a lot of these things are about eating, for me and the fly)

So what kind of person am I?

Well, who do you think you are?