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Simple Butterflies

July 16, 2018
By WritingTheWriteWay PLATINUM, St. Louis, Missouri
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WritingTheWriteWay PLATINUM, St. Louis, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"They laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at them because they're all the same"(Kurt Cobain).

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Little boys

Sometimes crush beautiful, fragile things-

Like butterflies and laugh, they do,

A sadist’s mind, normal in most of our minds

And how we do act surprised when they are cold,

Ripping our hearts, and killing those who killed then inside


Maybe because that butterfly’s pain

Travelled to them

And lingered inside,

And so innocence is punished,


It is insane to help someone who has only hurt you,

But still stays a sample few,

Indeed,

What are you?

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