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Poems and prose written between March 20th, 2009-2010
#642725 added March 30, 2009 at 1:45pm
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166.11 Closing time at Butterfly Herbs
Closing time at Butterfly Herbs

Wending my way among the jars of teas,
the chocolate candy, coffee smells,
James unlocks the door.
He tells me I must leave
or spend the night.
I reply that I just might
except he'd make my heart go flutter,
might provoke a metamorphosis,
give me wings of joyful flight.
But, I'm too old and he's too young,
there is no question.
Across the generations:
only smirks, a gulp, an inhalation,
a catch in throat,
sad expiration,
like wings that flutter,
close then open.
In an herbal dream of butterflies
one door opens.

© 2009 Kåre Enga [166.11] 2009-03-28

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