The brilliance of the butterfly is

headed for destruction

as humans kill the things we

cannot spend or make

space for in our ample schemes

of prosperity and wealth.

I shall not write a lyric about bright

Lepidoptera or variety of

bugs, hold back from imparting gilded

Remarks on ecological conversation.

Yes I am grateful I have known and seen

rare melodic inspiration from

episodes god sends me, beloved hymns

sung by flying, floating imps.