One lone fly

The fan vent finally has a new cover.  It promises to keep out birds and insects.  The sparrow party over the last two weeks included three live baby sparrows in the house, one (it seems) for each of us to find, the cat helping.  I found a dead sparrow under the boot bench after the fly population seemed to increase for no apparent reason.  We are now down to one fly.  

One lone fly is left

In the house.

The rest of us who live here

Have figured

Different ways

To rid the house of flies.

I favor the swat.

My husband

Thinks catch and release

The best method.

My daughter prefers

Someone else take care of it.

One lone fly.

The cat prefers to watch and leap.

One lone fly is left

To entertain the cat

While the rest of us are gone

For the day.