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Photo: “Monarch In May” by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
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(a children’s poem)
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Butterfly lands upon a mirror,
sees himself from front to rear,
hairy body, skinny legs,
“It seems I’m made of pegs and bags –
we butterflies are ugly things!”
Alas, he cannot see his wings,
how elegant he is from here
where we see him above the mirror –
so with his beauty still unknown
the monarch flies back to his throne.
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© 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
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