Night Butterfly
at night
as a child
someone went in my
mouth and
grabbed my tongue
and
pulled
and pulled
and
pulled
til my tongue
hung
by a gristle
and bulls chased me
i leaped for safety
upon my grandfather's
rooftop
waiting to be
saved
and nobody did
and the next night
i was walking
in a field
and my feet
lifted in the air
i flew
with
the night
butterfly
as a child
someone went in my
mouth and
grabbed my tongue
and
pulled
and pulled
and
pulled
til my tongue
hung
by a gristle
and bulls chased me
i leaped for safety
upon my grandfather's
rooftop
waiting to be
saved
and nobody did
and the next night
i was walking
in a field
and my feet
lifted in the air
i flew
with
the night
butterfly
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