Metamorphosis

In his darkened bedroom, Jake lay prone upon his bed, covered head-to-toe in his canary-yellow blanket. Somewhere under there was his constant companion laptop, the screen’s light giving him the appearance of a four and a half foot glow worm.

Peeking in on him, his father decided not to intrude. He had a pretty good idea what his curious young boy was looking at. It was natural, harmless, and besides, the “safe search” option was on.

Jake heard his dad close the door and clicked the next “how to look like a glow worm” search result.

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