Stomach Butterflies

A Poem

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(Phoenix, Az. Taken on 12/27/20)

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Stomach Butterflies:

Reverse metamorphosis

Has transpired

In my stomach



Butterflies took refuge

Within me

For over a week,

&

Subsisted on the broken down

Nutrients from my stress-eating



Somehow,

They cocooned themselves.



I know,

Because today

I feel

Their caterpillar-remnants

Inch inside my innards



Their footsteps are mere echoes

Of the gust their wings

Used to cause.



My heart quivers

In the wake of being left alone



This sentient bird cage

Squiggles itself

Over the pique sensation

Of becoming bird-less

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