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Image for the poem A chalk outline marks a death

A chalk outline marks a death

Her skid on the sidewalk runway
rips the wing from this butterfly

she twitches jumping and trips,
on broken wings, she cannot fly

as insects circle to eat her thorax
teardrops spill witnessing her die

the body's pieces hit by sunshine
wither and the broken pieces dry

a butterfly outline stain is her epitaph
and her kaleidoscope waves goodbye.
Written by Deborahlee
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natures funeral procession
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