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While the gray-haired Principal expatiated
on the virtues of Rules & Regulations, Schedules
& Statutes, Order, Discipline & Personal Responsibility--
& how a routinary life begets Se-cu-ri-ty ("for you always know what happens next")--
I heard the children's joyful laughter take flight
on the variegated wings
of a Monarch butterfly
f l t i
u t er n g
in the sun-drenched school yard
outside.
I like this very much. Not original but a truth worth presenting to any audience. Well executed
Joan
Can't believe you said so much in so few lines. Perfect images. Did you know that in Mexico they say that Monarch butterflies are the souls of unborn children?