Friday, February 15, 2013

february thirteenth and fourteenth and fifteenth and sixteenth

I would like to build a bedroom made of moths--
moth pillows and moth armoires and moth dresses.
There would always be light, they are sometimes
of forensic importance, the colors would be rich
and soft, and forests would not grow amongst
the furniture. Moths often burrow into bark,
and they destroy crops such as wheat and corn.

It does not trouble me that they are not
butterflies--people who watch moths
are called 'mothers,' and that seems like
a noble enough pursuit.

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