They Won't Bite

Jerry Reynolds

 

Trying to spread his word,
the vain speaker
was fighting off flies
attracted to his aroma.


“They won’t bite,”
a young boy alleged
“just harmless circle-flies.”


“Circle flies,”
the speaker inquired?


“You see them in pastures,”
the boy added,  
“circling round horses Asses.”


“YOU CALLING ME A HORSES ASS?”


The dapper speaker shouted.


“No! That would be,
of me, ill-mannered.”


Grunting, the boastful
Speaker complied.


A thought
that caught
the boy’s mind,
“It’s, surely, hard
to fool those flies.”

  • Author: Jerry Reynolds (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 17th, 2021 08:35
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments7

  • SureshG

    It cracked me up for sure,
    I hope the flies don't mistake it for a butt crack.

    • Jerry Reynolds

      Thanks, Suresh. Glad you liked it.

    • orchidee

      Oh lol, good write Jerry.

      • Jerry Reynolds

        Thanks, Orchi. Hope you got a chuckle.

      • dusk arising

        Reminded me of a story about bottoms i heard recently.....
        "Doctor my bottom is everso sore"
        "Really Mr Jones, exactly whereabouts?"
        "Around the entrance where it@s all red and sore doctor"
        "I think you'll find it will cure itself quite quickly Mr Jones when you stop referring to it as an entrance"

      • heatherbee

        Love this great read

      • Doggerel Dave

        Nothing like the odd bum joke to keep things merry, Jerry.
        Good laugh. Today starts out on a lighter note....

      • Goldfinch60

        Good fun write Jerry.

        Andy

      • L. B. Mek

        SAMPSON

        'No, sir.
        I do not bite my thumb
        at you, sir
        but I bite my thumb...
        sir.'
        lol, who needs Shakespeare when we've got Jerry's smooth criminals!
        (sorry for the 'cringe worthy' over exaggeration, just having fun, in my own silly way, no harm intended)

        • Jerry Reynolds

          Me and Shakesphere in the same breath! None taken- Thanks L.B.



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