Is a fly classed as an animal? Answers on a postcard please.

The Fly

I would like to be the fly on the wall
Presidents, warmongers I could hear them all
Be in earshot of all their petty plans
Know what it’s like to be an idiot and understand
Understand, how small a mind can be
So infinitesimally small it cannot see,
there is another way to go
But I’m just a fly, what do I know.

All words Meadowhead Bard.