Covid Sick Day
As I lay Sick in bed I watched a fly Hanging dead The fly watched me From his late eye His look locked In mute reply A question from the Spider's web Brought his buzz To its ebb I could have saved him But I didn’t My leisure was Unrepentant At dusk he is the Hanging judge Whose wings hold A silent grudge --Ticky Kennedy Reclusive Poet in Residence SchoolNewsToday.com
NOTE
“The common housefly flaps its wings about 190 times per second, and the human ear interprets that frequency as a pitch along the F major scale (which includes pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E). While not every housefly is the same size and flaps at the same speed, the measurements are always proportional, ensuring the creatures consistently hit the same notes.”
–Do all Houseflies Hum in Key, Larra Morris, Electronic Engineering Journal
“Males of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae vibrate and stridulate their wings at dusk producing sounds different from flight sounds with no confirmed behavior role.”
–Acoustic Characteristics of Sound Produced by Males of Bactrocera Oleae Change in the Presence of Conspecifics, Nature: Scientific Reports
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