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The Secret of the Butterfly
 

a dance most likely seen in this part of the globe
requires no special robe, bring a healthy stomp upon the ballroom floor
do it prouder than anyone before
 
the violin swings around the marble pillars
up the corners, through feet and hair and ears
men ask women for a dance
in other words: for a reason to feel their touch
they would swallow things whole only to feel
a woman’s lips on theirs.
 
there was one, who did not think further
a dare devil who dared the devil
suffocating on a big bread lump
one eye glowing and celebrating over the won attention
one eye staring, unable to function, already dead
he got what he wanted and more
felt her lips and left his body
up he goes, sees the violin and spins along, what fun
his body was soon to be carried away and buried below
he’s dancing the butterfly ever since
 
you may ask in disagreement
a dance of hell with a purpose of death? yes, if you want it to be
no, if you want to read a little more
 
so the nights go on and the ones gone – forgotten
replaced with marvelous music and the human heart’s desire for a good time
you come as you’ve always been and leave with less
yet feel as if you gained a continent
you come as a caterpillar in a cocoon
and leave like a butterfly
 
the secret is in the violin and the drums, not in your itchy gown
the secret is in your greasy hair and your lice, not in your horse tail wig
the secret is in your cratered skin, not in your powder poison
the secret is in layering off your clothes, not in keeping your dignity
the secret is in dancing the butterfly and not giving a fuc k

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dance · butterfly · psychopoetry · poems

EmptyAshtray · 9 years ago
"you come as you've always been and leave with less"
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