Fluttering Butterflys

 FLUTTERING BUTTERFLYS

Fluttering butterflys

Dining on hummingbird tongues

And snails from Majorca.

Spiked blonde hair and blue toenails.

Shaved heads and tattooed eyebrows.

Holistic sandals and scented candles.

French Chablis and mystic crystals.

Pass around the sacred talking stone.

Laugh and tell us of

Your life crisis du jour.

But

Don't talk of the shuffling poor.

Don't talk of the beggar knocking at the door.

Don't talk of the plague that rages.

Don't talk of crying children in cages.

Don't talk of the barbarians at the gates

And such dire fates.

Don't talk of a world that is burning.