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Burton L. Carlson
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Butterfly

The leaf was brightly colored,
but then it flew
and landed on a flower
the way that love
may pause in a sudden shower
and then move on
according to its nature:
now here, then gone.

NatureSuzi PeelJune 19, 2016
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