I Was There

I was a fly once
once I could fly
not very well, of course,
never could get used
to all those eyes
but i was there
zoomin’ around
bumping into apples and bananas and dogs
once, a box of cereal fell on me-
no, i was not a successful fly
but i was there
until they squashed me
newspaper, i think
Sunday edition
in a way, it sorta pisses me off
a lifetime of dodging windshields
and buglights
down the drain
all because of some stupid sports section
then, again, i can’t complain
i am much better suited to being human
correction--i’m much better suited to being Me
but i was a fly once
yup, i was there.