Mourning of No Mourning

A reflection of the butterfly,
with fingers stretching down
the sides of its body
and eyes the size of pebbles
gazing upon the unseeing world,
flutters in the fantastic window.
It mimics the cruel sleep
in its tight mummy-wrap
as it dips and turns
in a spasm of emotion.
It knocks the pane,
assumed pain fractures the sympathetic glass.
This morning, no one�s mourning.
No one is watching this final dance,
since time is a thing that doesn�t even stop
for the beautiful and fleeting shadow of a ballerina.
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