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dVerse Poet's invites us to use some butterfly names in a writing piece.
Painted into a Corner.
He looked at the brochure—
Glumly, quite dejected.
He was ready to give up.
All he wanted to do
Was paint his bedroom.
In front of him
Was a multi-page matrix
Of coloured squares,
Each neatly labelled.
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Appalachian azure
Autumn leaf
Clipper
Clouded yellow
Crimson Patch
Duke of Burgundy
Fatal Metalmark
Fiery skipper
Gatekeeper
Golden birdwing
Golden Hairstreak
Green marble
Large Tortoiseshell
Lustrous copper
Miami Blue
Monarch
Mourning Cloak
Orange Sulphur
Painted Lady
Peacock
Pine Satyr
Rice paper
Rusty-tipped page
Silver Emperor
Silver-banded Hairstreak
Small Wood nymph
Sonoran Blue
Speckled wood
Spring white
Velvet rose
Wandering skipper
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"I only wanted 'beige'".
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How many shades of white can there be?
ReplyDeleteClever! 😂
ReplyDeleteI like looking at all the colors though.
LOl, this made me laugh, what a nice and humorus response, loved it! 💜
ReplyDeleteHa... beige is as hard to define as white
ReplyDeleteperhaps he only thought he wanted beige. I'm left wondering whether the man felt pulled to other possibilities........
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