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This Little Butterfly

September 26, 2017 By Jordan

She’s certainly bewitched me
with her innocent airs.
As light as blown glass, her figure,
her bearing seems like a figure off a screen.
But she instantly frees herself
from the glossy lacquer background.
This little butterfly flutters and
settles with such silent grace,
That I am overtaken by the urge to pursue her,
Even if I have to tear off her wings.

…not from a Charles Simic poem, surprisingly, but the plangent first act of Puccini‘s Madama Butterfly.

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