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Monarch in Repose

April 10, 2014
By Lets_call_me_Lily DIAMOND, Auckland, Other
Lets_call_me_Lily DIAMOND, Auckland, Other
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Favorite Quote:
They&#039;ll call it chance, or luck, or they&#039;ll call it Fate.<br /> - Neil Gaiman


Wings stiff in rigor mortis,

Though still – so soft! – too soft

To feel at all, the impression of touching gained by sight,

Legs splayed upon the ground.



No butterfly is this – for it does not flutter – by

The concrete rough and grey, pebbled, mossed and mudded

Is no fit place for such a dainty creature

With wings of powdered satin, with feelers – twitching – even after

death.



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