collapse

a low mesmeric
twickering
of swallowtail
pupae

flitter-flickery
black hairstreak
Titania’s frit-
illary orange tip V
twin sturgis 88
kiss of the western
pygmy blue

almost weightless
spots & splashes
camouflage eye-face
fool you
in the wild-

est fears
of apocalyptic
silence

no monarchs
no spring