Every so often, I find a stink bug struggling to stay alive
in my ten-gallon aquarium.
Luckily for these stink bugs, I’ve always been able to
save them.
Fortunately for these stink bugs, they’ve never had their legs
bitten off by any of the fish in my aquarium.
Sometimes I wonder if these stink bugs have death wishes
or if some events in their lives have made them suicidal.
Maybe some of them have been jilted by their significant
others, and they decided to end their miseries in the deep.
Whatever the case, whatever the reasons, I suspect my
ten-gallon aquarium will, like the Golden Gate Bridge,
keep being a location of choice for stink bugs to keep
trying to end their lives.
And I’ll keep scooping them out of the deep.
Bob Boyd