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<\/p>\nLevi, the fat and flagrant fly
\nKnown to flout and to defy
\nHeaved a long and grateful sigh
\nHis flight had been so dull and dry
\nAnd now he sensed the time was nigh
\nTo put some ointment in the fly!
\nHe landed on a chair nearby
\nAnd waited for his sister Di
\nTo re-appear from her Bonsai
\nWhere she was prone to go and lie
\nHe analysed with cautious eye
\nA large and hungry-looking guy
\nAt the table quite close by
\nBoy, did that picture magnify!
\nHis chin and neck did unify
\nAnd formed a trunk down to his thigh
\nNow Levi wasn\u2019t one to pry
\nBut focused with his compound eye
\nHe watched the man point finger high
\nTo call the waiter passing by
\nHe ordered cream and apple pie
\nThe waiter stopped to clarify
\nLevi, so famished he could cry,
\nCould hardly wait to have a try
\nHis taste buds didn\u2019t specify
\nThe food just had to satisfy
\nBut now his feast was drawing nigh
\nHis hunger did intensify
\nThe waiter came with plate held high
\nThere seemed to be a large supply
\nThe man would soon be high on pie
\nBut just a crumb would pacify
\nThe ravenous pangs of small Levi
\nHe circled slowly in the sky
\nAnd landed softly in the pie
\nThe man, quick to identify
\nThis big black blob \u2013 this cheeky fly
\nDid all he could to stupefy
\nWith all the force he could apply
\nTo ultimately nullify
\nThis insect that would multiply
\nAnd so he did disqualify
\nThe cream, the pie and our Levi
\nBut soon arrived his sister Di
\nJust in time to sanctify
\nThe carcass of her Brother Fly
\nShe kept on asking \u201cWhy, oh why?
\nMost people couldn\u2019t kill a fly\u201d
\nNot to mention mortify
\nHer little brother – Poor Levi !<\/p>\n
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Photo: pixelio.de \/ luise<\/p>\n
Copyright: Rosemary McGuire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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