"I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-" by Cassidy Messick https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp Made with Love en-us 2017-11-15 19:29:57 UTC 2025-12-09 11:41:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/195689045/151a3001deca7df9c76cb31ce53d10d9/housefly_155460_960_720.png messi5 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207405159 I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – 
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air – 
Between the Heaves of Storm – 

The Eyes around – had wrung them dry – 
And Breaths were gathering firm
For the last Onset – when the King
Be witnessed – in the Room – 

I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable – and then it was
There interposed a Fly – 

With Blue – uncertain – stumbling Buzz – 
Between the light – and me – 
And then the Windows failed – and then
I could not see to see – ]]> 2017-11-15 19:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207405159 A Fly halbl749 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207407811
]]> 2017-11-15 19:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207407811 The King baham110 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207407867 refers to God]]> 2017-11-15 19:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207407867 messi5 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207407885 2017-11-15 19:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207407885 messi5 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207408650 2017-11-15 19:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/207408650 Meaning messi5 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208251764 The meaning of the poem is that she is describing what is happening as she is dying]]> 2017-11-17 18:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208251764 Imagery halbl749 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208252637 Stillness in the room

Uncertain stumbling buzz]]> 2017-11-17 18:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208252637 Figurative Language halbl749 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208258211 The eyes around - had wrung them dry

Between light- and me-]]> 2017-11-17 18:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208258211 Irregular capitalization and Inventive punctuation halbl749 https://padlet.com/messi5/f48md68e81fp/wish/208259244 Fly
Stillness
Air
Eyes
Keepsakes
Windows
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