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And With That I Could Sleep

  • 14-02-2007 9:21pm
    #1
    Insect Overlord
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    And With That I Could Sleep

    I trapped a butterfly in my glass
    And held it up towards a light
    While the pattering of rain outside
    Late on this late December night
    Mimicked the tapping on the glass
    Of decorated wings inside,
    The orange fading into brown with little specks of blue and white,
    Powerless attempt at flight,
    Trapped inside invisible prison
    At the mercy of my person.

    I stepped towards my dripping window
    And opened it to feel the raindrops
    On the cool breeze of a late December night,
    The stars trapped behind clouds bleached by headlights,
    Removed my hand from atop the glass
    And out of my sight let the butterfly pass.


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  • #2
    Black Swan
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    Grand imagery and metaphor.


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