Dear Caterpillars,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005Dear Caterpillars,
I’ve always had a love/hate* relationship with you. I wish you the best in your pursuit to become butterflies, but would rather that you didn’t, you know, touch me. Ever.
Nonetheless, I feel awful for the atrocities I have forced upon you and your like. I need to absolve these caterpillar sins.
When I was but a wee munky, my sister and I captured one of your brethren and detained it until it died. I did it for malice, but my sister loved him. We had a proper burial, officiated by my father and attended by all of the local children. It would have made you proud to be a caterpillar.
Later in my youth, a friend and I took one of your acquaintances hostage in the hopes of turning him into a butterfly. We forgot about him and, later in the summer, found a half-dust butterfly which had unnecessarily suffered in our makeshift canning jar prison. He died from a combination of neglect, asphyxiation and me being 7 years old and evil.
As a young teenager, I ate the arse of a distant cousin of yours in order to impress a boy I liked. She didn’t taste very nice and, unfortunately, the boy never went out with me. This was before I discovered short skirts and flirting, and let me tell you, the rewards in dressing like a big rampant slut far outweighed the consumption of a caterpillar.
My dog used to eat caterpillars, resulting in projectile canine diarrhea sprayed across the walls in my lovely house. As the reactionary effect of cleaning poo off my walls and having to deal with a poorly puppy, I planned a full-scale revenge against caterpillar-kind, complete with bombs, sweaty torn t-shirts, and a lot of shouting. I killed every caterpillar I could find, making them explode with the pressure of a heavy spray from my garden hose. I would be a liar if I said it didn’t feel nice to see those gigantic squishy caterpillars squirm in the throws of death, that this form of retaliation didn’t make me cackle with retaliatory joy.
I had to get this off my chest. I feel much better. Thanks.
Forgive me,
Munky
*No, I actually really fucking hate you, you viscous sacs of green writhing evil. Fuck off, the lot of you.