A bottle blue fly with gooseberry eyes
Was dancing his frantic love dance
For he wished to impress a fine lady-bird
And the insect ball was his last chance
With a flick of his wing, a twist of his knee
He jived his way through the throng
With a nod to the DJ –Big daddy L
The music then switched to his song
The crowd fell silent, they watched him come
And they rubbed their hands with glee
A beetle slurped loudly through his wiggly worm straw
And was stung in the neck by a bee
The bottle blue fly –Fredrick by name
Flexed out his hand to his love
So wrapped up in the sheen of her polka dot shell
He did not see what was happening above
Above his black head, a green spider had webbed
A disco ball of light
‘Look up to the sky’ she spitefully hissed
As she licked her thin lips with delight
Fredrick the fly, without second thought
Looked up to the glowing sky
Its light hypnotised his tiny dumb brain
And so up he began to fly
The crowd gasped in shock, as up Fredrick flew
Right into the spiders bright trap
And then turned away in pain and dismay
As she bit off his head with a snap!
All eyes turned to Susan (his ladybird lover)
Expectant of tears, screams and fright
But she just turned her back to Fredrick’s remains
And then scuttled off into the night
It turns out that Susan shacked up with an ant
So here is the moral of the tale
Never try to impress someone out of your league
For like Fredrick you’ll probably fail.
Image courtesy of wikipedia.org & dfmurcia@deviantart.com