Good. Now here’s what poetry can do.

the truth…..

Imagine yourself a caterpillar.
There’s an awful shrug and, suddenly,
You’re beautiful for as long as you live.

Notes:

Post inspired by: “Butterflies are not insects,’ Captain John Sterling said soberly. ‘They are self-propelled flowers.” from Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. Thank you Beth at Alive on All Channels.
And inspired by ZME Science: “The caterpillar’s metamorphosis from a tree clinging, 12-legged pest into the majestic flying butterfly is one of the most used metaphors to describe a 180 transformation. It’s truly a fantastic mechanism developed by nature, yet while all my seem fantastic on the outside, this transformation looks pretty gruesome deep inside the chrysalis. In short, for a caterpillar to turn into a butterfly it digests itself using enzymes…

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On August 14, 2016 at 4:46 pm Bumba said:

It’s still a hard decision to make. How long do those guys live, anyway?

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On August 15, 2016 at 1:35 am joannerambling said:

Some decisions are hard to make and shouldn’t be made in haste

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