Catching Flies

in #poetry5 years ago

You catch more flies with honey
The elders often said
But what cocky twenty-something
Wants to catch flies?

But it takes all kinds
He soon learned
And the up-in-your-face
Slowly changed over time

Evolving over the decades
No longer cocky, but seasoned
The old man now views people
Wondering what is in their lives

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