An Experiment Gone Wrong
Forgive me for not coming up to see you my dear.
I do not want you to see me as I now appear.
Out of pure necessity, I have to cover my head.
You may have a heart attack, and drop dead.
I gave those experiments I’ve been conducting another try.
However, something happened and it all went awry.
While I was inside the chamber, there was also a fly.
For knowledge of this experiment, there is only one other.
Please break the news gently to my brother.
I am now a hideous creature I do not want you to see.
No matter what it takes, bring that fly back to me.
It is important that somebody catch that fly right away.
If it dies, in this terrible state I will stay.
Based on the 1958 film “The Fly”
Copyright © Robert Pettit | Year Posted 2012
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