Short Houseflies Poems

Houseflies are dying...
A sign from Mother Nature.
She'll bring Winter soon....

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Husband killed eight houseflies, 
four males and four females he said.
How come you knew!? His wife asked
Males  were on sugar females on the mirror
That was his simple reply....

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This risen churlish cold
all cove like
lost in the rigging
crying out the humour
to dance the green lithe of light
as a figment of your mind
The inconsolables retain
lost memories flight
Winters club  bastioned to the driving winds
Daffodils espied amongst the houseflies
once prudent pierce their aching hearts...

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The sky--
black treacle trapped in tar pits
dripping from a mastiff's jowls, or
one thousand million foolish houseflies
drowning in a single paper trap, maybe
a sprawling anti-Elysia, the hunting ground
for our shadows to roam while we sleep.
A well built by some sweaty, laboring God
that we merely see the bottom of.

But what matters of its dark?
A sky stretches out untouchable
and cares not what lies beneath....

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My circle is of
    fruitflies, houseflies, mosquitos
    squirrels, chipmunks, possums
    spiders, crickets, ants
    parakeets, seagulls, geese

This dance is absent without you
    hair, glasses, smile
    shirt, pants, shoes
    laugh, giggle, talk

Together we were one
    hugs, handholding, cuddles
    rollerblading, bicycling, racquetball
    car rides, lighthouses, kayaking
    fishing, dinners, parenting

Thursday, November 4, 2021...

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