That’s when I wrote a short story for the first time, about a caterpillar who’d fallen into a bowl of popcorn and couldn’t get out.

The sides were slick with butter and he had to dodge the hands that descended again and again, to avoid being eaten.

I guess metaphor was an early love, and an accurate one.

Target: 1000 words
Written: 977 words, short story: Broke Down Car

Read: Permanent Record, Edward Snowden
Comics: Chew 31-34
Music: No Thanks! The 70s Punk Rebellion, Various