she stops the car<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hoping to avoid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
crushing the silverspot<\/p>\n\n\n\n
one day it might flap wings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
brighten a child’s afternoon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
motivate an adult to reconsider<\/p>\n\n\n\n
today it writhes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
indifferent to industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or machinations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
across seas of gravel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she honks the horn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
etches brows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pleads with green eyes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
waits, we wait,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for the silverspot<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to move its fuzzy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
black, orange form<\/p>\n\n\n\n
across the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to live another day,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and another when it might<\/p>\n\n\n\n
become a butterfly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a transformation we all surely desire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it doesn’t move,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she’ll exit the car,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
carry the silverspot to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve seen her do it a dozen times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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