There is another story I chose not to write. It is a tale of the battle for world domination between two of the most powerful organisms to ever grace this planet: the ant and the sandfly. Or is it the bacteria and the virus? Regardless, perhaps it is a story that will be written sometime soon. But not today. It is much too frightening, and considering the time of year, our cup of frightening images is already nearly full. No, today I must reserve words for an organism with which I am much more familiar-- myself. And for a place in which I am not familiar at all-- the jungle. What a place! Not for me of course. But for so many other living, breathing, biting, photosynthesizing, walking, crawling, biting, grunting, chirping, whistling, biting organisms. This
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