Psychotic butterfly,
why you fly
so erratically?

Lost in circles
and hitching angles
when straight lines
are all you need.

Is it food
or the sun
that makes you seem
so extreme?

Speed of sight
not your type
feelers are your way.

Come tonight
wings to shut -
start again tomorrow.

The topic of butterflies always makes me think of nature films I've seen with some of the most beautiful south American butterflies. Thanks for reminding me of them.

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Les

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I do like y your direct experience with butterflies, except it was my take that they do not live much more than a day after emerging.

nice poem, though.

amo et avanti,

Peter


btw, When I was a child I was probably shortening their lifespan by capturing them or raising the in jars, since I find this on the internet:

"WHAT IS THE LIFETIME OF BUTTERFLIES?"

If you include its life as a 'child' butterfly and 'teenager' butterfly (caterpillar and chrysalis) it lives from five to eight weeks.

An adult butterfly lives an average of two weeks in the summer. In cool spring and fall temperatures, they may average a slightly longer life. Adult butterflies in diapause (overwintering as an adult) may live for months. The length of time may vary slightly from species to species. Zebra Longwing adults live for several months.

I'll accept that, even though not everything on the internet turns out to be accurate.