J.T. Hamilton is a writer who lives in a travel trailer. Find him on Twitter @J_T_Hamilton or buy him a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/JTHamilton. "Butterflies" is in Short Circuit #04, Short Édition's quarterly review.

Seven-year-old Isabella Thompson pressed her hands into the cool, moist dirt of her grandfather's garden. She peeled away the surface like an old scab. Beneath, a reddish-brown earthworm squirmed – reaching and contracting, reaching and contracting. She pinched and pulled, straining its segmented body until it slid from its half-burrowed tunnel.Danny Walsh – a dumb, freckled boy at school – had told her to eat worms earlier that day."Nu-huh," she'd replied. "You should 'cause they're slimy like boogers and you eat boogers all the time even though Miss White says not to!"He'd stuck his tongue o

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