Lost Lightning Bugs Of The Levee
Personal memory by John Flemister
1998 • Monroe, LA, USA
As a kid growing up in Louisiana, my friends and I would spend our summers catching fireflies (also known as lightning bugs) on the levee behind my house. Then, one summer, they just weren't there. The levee's been dark ever since.
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