i came home from work and checked on glenn. he was doing good in the tub. he was moving around a little, but he seemed hesitant due to stress more than injury, if i had to guess. i went to petsmart and bought live crickets. i killed the crickets and tried to feed them to him at his convenience. 45 minutes later, i checked on him and he did not eat any of the 11 crickets. he was moving more than before, but i believe he was too stressed to do anything except breathe. i decided to let glenn go in the back yard. i put the napkin on the ground by a bush in the backyard. i placed the crickets on the napkin in front of him, along with the cardboard box i cut out for him. alexis told me to say a prayer, and i did. because i’m not religious, i didn’t know how to pray, so i wished for him a full recovery, and a long fulfilled life. i ended it by saying thank you. i ain’t goin lie, i got emotional even though we’ve known each other for a little over 24 hours. i walked inside to bagel and cleaned up after glenn.
selfishly, i hope i see glenn again, but if not, i know he’s healed and onto bigger and better things.
and that makes me happy, too.
-ratha, 11:39pm, 10.5.19