A big fat black dirigible
of a fly
careening around the office
buzzed me, like a test pilot and the tower.
I could feel its clumsy wake
buzzed me, like a test pilot and the tower.
I could feel its clumsy wake
the lurch of its glide
path
Before it landed on the wall
Before it landed on the wall
taunting me to strike
back
Carol said, “They’re huge this time of year,
you could almost put a saddle on them.”
Carol said, “They’re huge this time of year,
you could almost put a saddle on them.”
I would laugh even more
if it wasn’t so true.
The banter reminded me of the June Bug
that flew into the tip of my nose
last week on the walk to my car
The banter reminded me of the June Bug
that flew into the tip of my nose
last week on the walk to my car
at the end of another work
day;
Leading me to laugh at
Leading me to laugh at
the silliest workers’
comp claim in history
When I got whiplash from the impact.
Oh what the paperwork would have been
When I got whiplash from the impact.
Oh what the paperwork would have been
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edited August 25, 2014
edited August 25, 2014
Menacing Insects – v2
August 29, 2005 12:25
Menacing Insects
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