“the difference between a monkey and a fly”

Written By Ruby Howland
the life of a fly
buzz around
fly
eat
bother
die
repeat
theres no thinking in the life of a fly
a fly doesnt even know it lives
but thats the difference 
a monkey knows
a monkey lives knowing its own mortality 
a monkey will spend its whole life fearing death only to die
a monkey will die and a monkey will know what it means
yet why are flies spared this knowledge?
to die, to never know what it meant to live

Ruby Howland
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poems of micography