Gutsy, Braggart Butterfly

soaring swift and high is brave Butterfly,
believing really he's lord of the sky;
one sunny day, he thinks he is able
to bully an actual full-sized eagle

        who looks to him as a nervous dummy
        with neither fire nor guts in his tummy,
        a pushover eagle, vulnerable
        to assaults, and pretty much unable

to duck his kicks and jabs, his straight and cross;
and so he bravely flips and flaps across
the scared eagle's unperturbed countenance
with haughty wings of daring confidence;

        and when the sky is brightly azure blue,
        a truly pissed off eagle must make do,
        flying long and real tired without a snack,
        with bold Butterfly in his..brrrp..stomach !
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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