If Butterflies Are Free

If butterflies are free
We must abolish acrylic 
Boxes
Paper weights and
Tiny bottles with
Tasteless flowers...
Butterfly nets
Picture flames and
Collectors who boast to know
Them all by name.
We must abolish fancy coasters and
Little boys
Who pinch their wings...
Dead butterflies are such
Unseemly things.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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