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.
1320, reggaefriday,
8 8. 25
The Fly
Help Me! Help Me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6g0SDMJ7A