Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Chasing Butterflies in the Park

 

they held the 2021

flower show in FDR park

it was beautiful the sun was out that day

it was Monday

i made it a point to attend i squeezed $60 out of my budget

retired on a fixed income. everyday you sit and pray

the small savings is not

ripped off. The pandemic made a bad crime situation even worse i was afraid it was hard to come out the house but i was determined

i had both of my vaccine shots the VA used Pfizer/ Bio Tech

i decided the material had sat in my system for three months

i decided to use the flower show to

test its effectiveness

i wore my mask

but the open air

the floral green the brisk wind

the warm sunlight

the clean fresh air

aided the chemicals in the vaccine and my body overcame whatever coronavirus that still hung in the air

they gave us a q-tab stick

it had food on it

to catch the butterfly

you see the butterflies were in the joint

they built this place to prevent their escape

one monarch landed on the q-tab it sat on the cotton until i offered it a better seat on a pistil

we appreciate each other

kept each other company

ended our short visit

he understood the need to be free

and as they checked my person to insure

the butterfly would not escape

he/she or it and i both know

if he/she or it could get past the plastic chains

into the open air filled with flowers grass and trees

the butterfly would be free

no net would find that monarch

no human will entrap the colorful one again

 

                   6/20/2021

 

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