Bugging Out

On the subway today I saw an insect crawling on the floor. It would pause on sticky spots like there was something interesting there. Every so often someone, not realizing it was there, would knock it over with their shoe, and it would flail wildly on its back trying to regain its equilibrium. At one point it got stepped on and I was sure it was dead, but it started flailing weakly, and then with more energy until it righted itself and started moving around again. I can relate to that bug.