When I take flight
There will be none to see
Quivering in anticipation
I wait until your back is to me
Resplendent in yellow feathered head
Wings spread
Taking in the sunlight
Feet hooked on tight
Posed for your pleasure
Upon this random surface
I can see your horrifying pair of eyes
Gazing upon me
Prepping me in your mind
To be murdered kindly in a jar
Pinned on a board inside a slick wooden case
A neatly printed label just below me
Xanthotype Sospeta
Row upon row of other carcasses would accompany me there
A macabre display indeed
If I were not so simple
And yourself considered oh so complex
With your self awareness and opposable thumbs
Lepidopterologist tendencies and metal tools
A fellow calls out to you from outside my range of vision
For even you are just a vague shadow to me
And with excitement you turn away
Gesturing towards where I once sat for your pleasure
Antennae quivering with your every breath
With the softest of flutters
I glide away
So when you look back
There's nothing to say
There will be none to see
Quivering in anticipation
I wait until your back is to me
Resplendent in yellow feathered head
Wings spread
Taking in the sunlight
Feet hooked on tight
Posed for your pleasure
Upon this random surface
I can see your horrifying pair of eyes
Gazing upon me
Prepping me in your mind
To be murdered kindly in a jar
Pinned on a board inside a slick wooden case
A neatly printed label just below me
Xanthotype Sospeta
Row upon row of other carcasses would accompany me there
A macabre display indeed
If I were not so simple
And yourself considered oh so complex
With your self awareness and opposable thumbs
Lepidopterologist tendencies and metal tools
A fellow calls out to you from outside my range of vision
For even you are just a vague shadow to me
And with excitement you turn away
Gesturing towards where I once sat for your pleasure
Antennae quivering with your every breath
With the softest of flutters
I glide away
So when you look back
There's nothing to say
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