an oversight

  humoured him 

                     a lot

the fly that buzzed him as he wrote a letter to his father in the study followed him into the bathroom

he was going to take a shower

                                    Yakiddin me  he asked

the fly lighted in profile on a hunk of chalk that held fossilised seashells that he kept at the back of the basin vanity

          not that he expected an answer which would have been cool

the fly risked nothing  if they had he wouldnt be able to monetise its ability to speak

    a flys life expectancy is fifteen to thirty days

hed be gypped out of his investment gettin it up an runnin

                                                              Ya actually follow me in

I did. he played the flys part You smell delicious. How long have you been marinating?

Marinating  Gosh thas awfully kind

                                         I took a bath threefour days ago but yesterday morning went out to cut the lawnsweat something fierce  Got a cool drink of water from the hose stayed put in the shade till the sweat dried

    What time you got?

I came in around one

What time did you cut the lawn?

Was tryin to beat the heat Failed

                                      Tenish

If my math is correct, just over a day, twentyfour hours.

Ill trust your math

                        Id think if my lifespan was as limited as yours Id know  Keenly

Lifespan.  What do you mean?

How long something lives

What’s lives?

Life

Life?

What youre doing now Im doin

Doing.

          What’s that?

This  Now   Conversing

                           Curiously though  I don feel its a waste of time

Waste?  Time?

                   What’s yours, this thing, lifespan?

   Who knows

                  Could end suddenly tomorrow

Yet you know mine.  Days.

Your math

Yes.

A day twentyfour hours you said

Yes.

Is it fair to assume you know twentyfour hours one two thre . .

. . Four five six yes, boring.

Im fiftyfour years plus days

                                 Threehundredsixtyfive days a year plus Leap Year days

Roughly nineteenthousandeighthundred da . .

. . Fourhundredseventyfivethousandtwohundred . . hours.

Is tha correct

I know my math.

Whas fifteen to thirty days

Comparatively.  Not long, a pittance.

I agree

    Brother, did I get the shit end of the stick.

                                                  I ought to have been more precise, said when I reincarnated I wanted to return as a human being.

An oversight

Yafuckinthink.

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The Fly  Help Me! Help Me!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6g0SDMJ7A