Flies

 The flies buzz around those

most likely to swat them down,

they love to tempt their fate,

for after they change

from their larval maggot state,

they have but a few

days of life left,

to buzz about and

fly where they like.

Feasting on feces, dung, shit,

Vomiting wherever they land,

They make a nice feast

for the spiders who sip their blood,

and a satisfying target for

the humans that they

constantly annoy.

For, if you let it slide,

they dance about your face and

exposed skin, until you wake up

and swat them down

or they buzz about your head

until you open your eyes,

lift your body up

and smite them down.