Do Beetles Get Cold?

"What's he doing?" he asked.

"I don't know," I said. There was a beetle burrowing into frozen dirt. His legs were going swiftly and mechanically.

"Hold my sword." He ran towards the house. He came sprinting back.

"Here. I bet he's trying to get warm." He placed a square of toilet paper onto the beetle.

"Do beetles get cold?" he asked.

"Hummm. I don't know," I said. I thought about you. I wondered if you knew that I was trying to love you, to warm you.

"Do you think beetles love?" I asked.

"They probably only love other beetles."

"...and poop."

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