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Dining with Devils

April 26, 2020January 27, 2023 / THB / Leave a comment
Beware with whom you dine. Photo by Lisa Fotios.

“Come into my parlor,” said the spider to the fly.
“There’s a special treat I would love you to try,
And a prettier parlor you never will see. . .
Come in, come in, and dine with me!”
So goes an old story of deception and lies;
You know how it ends—one of them dies.

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The Fish and the Fly

January 1, 2020January 27, 2023 / THB / Leave a comment
Be careful little fish! Artwork by Robert Hines, modified.

Bright and colorful it may be,
Dancing on the surface for all to see.
It has body, it has wings–
“Come, eat me” it tauntingly sings.

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