I see the fly
Dead!
On its side
Wings intact
Large
Fat
Black
Fly

I saw it last week
I see it again

What happened to the spider?
The arachnid
The mighty eight-legged female?

What happened to her roaming through the house?
What happened to her gobbling?
Her voracious appetite?

Or may be
she's choosy?

It's
no fun
to eat
the dead,
When you can
devour
the living!

The fly
hovers still
In vague
equilibrium
Between death
and obscurity.


--- Jib, 18 June 2001