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Reflection of Gotham City
starr

Those black
 1
cellophane wings
 2
are of some
 3
queer breed
 4
of butterfly
 5
 
 
and the joke(r)'s on
 6
you.
 7

9 Feb 06

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an all-Starr best. A finder and a keeper.
 — unknown

Great title. I like bats. They are just as poetic as butterflies.
 — unknown

Thankyou guys!
 — starr

very nice
 — kaleidazcope

good work. 9.

would rethink break in 7-9 with an eye to consonance.
 — noodleman

queer breed
of
butterfly.

or

queer breed
..................of
....................butterfly.

maybe
 — noodleman

amazing!!!!
 — meghanmidget

Thanks Noodleman and everyone else who commented so favorably.  
 — starr

whatever it is that this one has, it has it in spades.  simple, evocative, with a twist of humor at the end.
 — pghpoet

pghpoet, you are kind and yes, I wanted to make sure that humor rang through loudly.  thanks 4 stoppin' by.  peaceout.  :-)
 — starr

HEHEHEHHHAHAHAHHA! HOOOHAHOSH!

Too funny. Can't breathe
 — themolly

black can reflect something back too, not just absorb... nice poem...
 — alambre

This is all very true, alambre.  And themolly, I'm glad it made u laugh.  I added it a couple of lines to add to the comic factor.  Hope u like.  :-)
 — starr

Have I been workin' too hard/too long today or what, themolly?  Good God.  I meant (but it sure as hell didn't come out that way) that I added a couple of lines to it to add to the comic factor.  Sorry if my last msg. didn't make sense.  It didn't to me either.  LOL.  Nite nite.  :-)
 — starr

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