If you include both flies and the inevitability of death in a haiku, is that a fly-ku or a die-ku?

The Fly Swatter

or

Time swats for us all

or

Do not ask for whom time swats, it swats for thee

or

If a fly buzzes in the kitchen and there’s no one to hear it, is it still annoying?

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hunting fly
on kitchen counter
must be spring

missed! again
quick little sucker
—here’s the thing:

if not mine
and time’s swat alone
does it in

no more buzz
of wing on window
—I still win!

–AJG 2025