by Kevin T McEneaney
Butterflies adopt a royal schedule—
they don’t rise from sleep until 10 am,
when most humans are working hard at jobs.
Then butterflies flit about at will
looking for some pollen to feast upon
while humans may huddle in cubicle,
texting on their computer for hours
under fluorescent light, as butterflies
coast in air currents with sunlight coating
their leisurely, beating gossamer wings….
Yet people have the droll capacity
to imagine similar states of life
with sunlit-flitting imagination
that soars across the face of our planet….
