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Jar O' Flies

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I caught some flies
and kept them in a jar
I watched them fly
they didn't get very far

I plucked their wings
and watched them crawl
Now they're pulling strings
because I killed them all

Oh, how I miss them now, but nevermind
I've still got the jar and plenty of flies to find
"I'll never learn from my mistakes unless I know that I'm doing wrong"
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shufflng's avatar
Technically cause should be because, since it doesn't set off the meter and is the proper word.

I'm unfamiliar with the idiom of death-pulling strings, but that's likely cultural and the only other thing that caused me to flinch in the poem. Elsewise it flows well and has a delicious macabre to it.