Calliphoras are a type of large fly

Metallic-blue bodies which shine 

With movements in air so abrupt 

To catch one at all is quite tough 



For they're so very quick and sharp 

One has to be faster when they park

Which they eventually do when tired

Then one has time needed for expire



To grab them from on top or behind

With large wad of tissue while blind

And then to quickly flush them away

Before they've nested in order to stay



The season for them is now upon us

For Spring's finally here without fuss

And now we must prepare for barrage

Of many other insects - some quite large



Like spiders which crawl from crevices

And centipedes crawling over terraces

Along with mosquitoes, gnats, beetles

All of which bother almost all people



It would be so wonderful if we indeed could

Be rid of all these pests forever, and should

But no matter how many of them we squash

There'll always be more to follow, and toss



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

1:37am Sunday April 19th, 1998