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Butterfly Spine

if her spine is the stem  
her ribs are the leaves  
where insects feed  
on her hollow bones  
devouring the green  
now she is bare and fruitless  
with no pollen to offer the bees  
bruised and bloody
pale skin eroding  
she cries, she tries, she fails  
to turn weeds to roses  
and grow back the places  
where butterflies landed
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