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The Butterfly

by Louise Gluck

Louise Gluck

Look, a butterfly. Did you make a wish?

You don't wish on butterflies.

You do so. Did you make one?

Yes.

It doesn't count.




Quotes of the Day

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
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