Lighter than the summer air
Gliding atop that bright flower
A flash of rainbow colors
Secretly holding nature’s power
An army of a single wanderer
A Skipper’s life is quite brief
Long enough to procreate
Spreading eggs across a leaf
An erratic flickering swarm
A sea of multi-colored wings
Sailing on their own breeze
A gathering of small kings
The sweetness of the flowers
Tickling the tiniest nose
A sneeze of mighty roar
Like mighty falling dominoes
Together, tens of billions
Enough to lay down trees
The butterflies have spoken
With one collective sneeze
[Thanks to the Moody Blues]
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