Dear Self,

You knew you were going to change in the Peace Corps. That’s what it’s all about right? Growth and self-reflection? Well I’ve been reflecting all right and I don’t like what you’ve grown into... A cold, heartless bug-killer.

The spiders I understand. They bite. Mosquitoes are fair game too, malaria and all (just to be on the safe side). And that beetle flew straight into your cleave. So it was just asking for it. (I know the millipede thing was an accident.)

But what did that poor, defenseless cricket ever do to you?! You’re getting a little carried away with yourself, dontcha think?

Just look at what you’ve become,
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