* * * * The Fly In My Apartment
It flies from the monitor screen to the left corner
camouflaging itself on the dark window pane
and then hovers over the kitchen sink and I grab
a section of the daily news and try to swat it
but it moves too fast and it’s gone in a fraction
of a second, disappearing in the corner
behind the empty beer bottles, maybe searching
for a few crumbs on the floor so I forget about it
until it lands on my desktop and this time I’m out for revenge
but this fly is smart and knows as soon as I reach for the paper
I’m going to swat it and it’s gone again.
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(c)1999, Thomas Avery