The summer fly has come again, and he is bold
as brass, he gets upon the butter plate and in the apple sass; he walks across the
dinner plate with mustard plastered there, then takes a turn and wipes his feet upon your
curly hair. The housefly he’s a merry beast, he is a sticker, too; no matter
what the game you play he gets the best of you. You might as well be good to
him, your anger he’ll but mock; just bring him home some tanglefoot and ask him
for a walk.
June
24, ’09
tanglefoot - a sticky substance put at the base of trees or other plants to trap insects and prevent them from climbing up.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tanglefoot
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