The May Flies hot pursuit
is of a female
A flighty bit of stuff
Who happens by
Dressed in what looks
like a sort of negligee
And surrounded by a
crowd of boys who try

To get off with the female
of the species
To have their way for all
with them today
The river is alive
with new emergents
Everyone a brand new
Fly of May

Virgin flight draw salmon
and a mouthful
For birds too who gulp
air and may flies and
Thats the end of love
for many May Flies
Who saw the light
but failed to understand

But suddenly the river
was alive with them
Every inch of surface
and then they
Will find a mate
or die there on the surface
As females rise and fly
up and away

to lay their eggs
up stream and leave them floating
to then be fertilised
by others new
This is how the May Flies
guarantee ongoing life
it seems to me
a spectacle that
was just great to view

Inspired by Attenborough's Sunday
History Channel 18/3/07