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[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => My Butterfly
[time] => 2007-10-01 23:51:01
[hometext] => Written based off of the image and the surrounding events contained in the poem
[bodytext] => I was at the blood drive listening to an old vet from Vietnam talking about his experiences. It was a military blood drive. He mentioned things about war - the ups and downs of it all - And I just sat there because he wasn't really talking to me, He was just talking. I saw a shadow dance across my legs, fluttering around back and forth, And I thought, “That's a nice butterfly.” As I followed the shadow that fluttered around back and forth, I pictured this butterfly enjoying The slightly cloudy, peaceful afternoon. The vet continued talking, now about some people who had died - close friends he knew and missed. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a brown leaf fall silently to the ground as its once-dancing shadow rose to meet it. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 376 [topic] => 51 [informant] => TheSpiritx [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 19 [ratings] => 5 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Event )
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