Tiled Bathroom Floor

There was a fly on my salty white,
tiled bathroom floor
the evening of my return.
I tread with light, crafted feet
in case of disrupting its sleep.

Later--
It had fallen onto its side;
its legs dead pricks of a hairbrush.
I looked on with pity
before emptying it into its watery grave.

As it went around--
down, down, down-flush--
No dignity in it;
why shouldn't a fly be granted dignity
on its dying day?
Tragic, short, gone. Goodbye.

I turned,
I had no need for lifeless flies.
Goodbye.

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