Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Poetry - FInished - Death of a Fly

Nobody really cares

When a fly dies.

No one breaks down or swears;

No one sneezes or cries.

Nobody ever mentions

How hard her family strives.

Nobody has intentions

To care for orphan flies.

Even if somebody follows

Her silhouette fall from the skies,

They do not pray in sorrows

To see her wake and rise.

People don't gather around

Rubbing their eyes,

Looking down to the ground

Where the body lies.

Most likely they take a sweeper

Disgusted or cold as ice,

They throw her away with litter

'Cause nobody likes flies.

---- 2000

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