Flies
Sitting at this here desk, a fly keeps buzzing around and occasionally lands on my slightly sweaty forehead – very occasionally.
I have attempted to violently end its life, occasionally (very occasionally) with no success. With each attempt I have tried to harken back to the days of my lightening fast reflexes, but have only succeeded in hitting my head harder each time. I now have a headache from my self-boxing match and I might have slight brain damage.
I think flies are wonderful reminders of our organic make up. To the fly, there is not much difference between us and a rotten peach.
I am going to turn the air conditioning up and then I am going to find the flyswatter and then I am going to swat that thing and then I am going to take some Advil.
Other Stuff
Mark Mayes, on the other side of the pond, did an amazing cover of a song I wrote. Where I sing it in sort of a swing rhythm, Mark provides space between the words giving it a whole different feel. I think it is really good, but I am biased. For me, the best part of songwriting is to write something that someone else wants to sing. Give a listen, see what you think!
Another Picture On The Wall 
I really like the song….hope you catch that annoying fly…😊
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I think Mark did a wonderful version. Thank you for listening to it!…the fly survived all my murderous attempts. I believe they are adapting to Climate Change quite well, even thriving, and may soon be using their own human swatters on us!
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Lol, that puts quite a picture in my mind. Yes, Mark created a wonderful version, it sounds great, my pleasure, good to listen to a song written with such care. 👏👏
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Very nice rendition – a lovely melody that carries one along.
Thanks for the laugh about the fly, hope you got it. 😉
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It lives to pester me for another day! I used to swat those things with one try. Now the entire room is a mess, papers strewn about, lamp leaning against the corner, and me heavy breathing. Really sad what aging does to a fella…glad you liked that version too of the song. Mark has professional acting credits along with being a poet, songwriter and author of fiction. He has such a good feeling for the word, spoken or written.
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I can just imagine the scene Gary. Ive had one statt to buzz around just as get into bed 🥴
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Great song too.
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Generally, I hate killing things…but Black Widow spiders and flies are at the top of my Public Enemy list.
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I always feel sad too, its a life after all. Wouldnt be great if someone came at me with a huge human size swatter🙄
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I really liked your description of how flies see us!! 😂 We are invaded by flies here where I live. I try to catch them with bowls of honey water and beer but it doesn’t help much. I found your blog in the comment field of someone else’s blog, and your info on the first page caught my interest. I don’t write or record music -well at least not my own – but I love to play the guitar and sing. I’m watching a film with my husband now but I’ll come back and listen to your song tomorrow!
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Hi Susanne! First of all, reading my blog will probably make a person dumber, so he careful! That fly recipe is new to me! Your blog site looks excellent. I will check it out some more. Since I see you are in Ireland, I did record an original song (or at least I hope it is original) called Irish Dreams Tonight. It is on my SoundCloud page under Gary A McMahon, a few songs down in the list. Take care, I hope the movie was a good one’
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Actually, sometimes it does feel like an invisible power has a human swatter, but fortunately not always for long! But, I’ve decided my first option from now on is to try to get the fly to fly out the window. They usually are just trying to get back outside….and let them fly into a spiderweb.
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