this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment.
image and poem below the fold
(AFP TV)
(no other caption/credit provided by wire service when this image was found)
Ars Poetica (cocoons)
by Dana Levin
Six monarch butterfly cocoons
clinging to the back of your throat–
you could feel their gold wings trembling.
You were alarmed. You felt infested.
In the downstairs bathroom of the family home,
gagging to spit them out–
and a voice saying Don’t, don’t–
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