Natural Enemies

I regard my stewardship of the natural world as a sacred trust. Therefore I’m prepared to share the planet, though someone grudgingly, with all God’s creatures. The planet, not my bathroom.

I was alerted to an uninvited presence by a sound I associated with a Black and Decker product. My error. It proved to be the emanations of a remarkably robust specimen of horsefly, a Clydesdale of the species.

This winged behemoth was obviously imbibing HGH (horsefly growth hormone). I suspected its appetite was equally outsized and in need of appeasement. Confrontation was unavoidable. A brief but ferocious encounter resolved the matter in my favor. I won’t elaborate on the struggle, suffice it to say it’s fortunate I’m an NRA member.

Moral (admittedly implicit): an uncritical and doctrinaire environmentalism could make us the endangered species.