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Light Fixture

In my kitchen is one of those old-timey light fixtures you used to find in old country homes, looks like a glowing upside-down mushroom.
One day, my roommate Luann said, “those flies in the light fixture drive me nuts. It’s gross.”
I looked up. I’d never noticed the 20 or so dead flies collected in the centre of it. In fact, up until that point, I’d never noticed the light fixture.
“Those are just dead flies in there,” I said.
“It’s gross,” she said. “One day, I’m gonna take it down and clean it.”
“Whatever,” I said.
That was a couple of months ago. Now, I can’t seem to walk into the kitchen without my eyes straying to the collection of dead flies up there - just a sort of gray shadow of death hanging over the kitchen table. Eating at that table is kind of like having a picnic under a hanged man.
I find myself sitting there in the morning wolfing down a bowl of granola contemplating the deaths of those flies. How did they get in there in the first place? And once inside, how did they die - slowly roasting, suffocating? Did they land on the hot bulb on purpose to get it over with or did they give up the ghost due to natural causes - old age, cancer, AIDS, car accidents, etc...?
I wonder - how would it feel to have such a short life flash before so many eyes?
Someday, somebody in this house is going to drag their sorry ass onto this kitchen table, unscrew the screws from the ceiling, take down that light fixture and clean it.
Tell you one thing folks, it won’t be me.

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from Something Wicken This Way Comes, released January 1, 1995
Wicken: Vocals

Written by Scott Wicken. Engineered by Dave Mockford. Produced by Dave Mockford and Scott Wicken. Executive Producer Bryan Becker. Cover photo by Andre Pinces.

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Scott Wicken Waterloo, Ontario

Scott Wicken is a singer/songwriter/musician/spoken word artist/poet based in Waterloo, Ontario. He's been part of the artistic/musical communities in Vancouver, Yellowknife, Edmonton and has performed in bars, cafes, art galleries and festivals across Canada. His work pays special attention to the lyric. Currently, he is a member of City'N'Eastern, an acoustic trio of original music. ... more

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