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The Prairie Light Review Volume 42 Number 1 Article 28 Fall 12-1-2019 The Butterflies Inside Me Have Something To Say III Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.cod.edu/plr Recommended Citation III (2019) "The Butterflies Inside Me Have Something To Say," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 42 : No. 1 , Article 28. Available at: https://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol42/iss1/28 This Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@COD. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Prairie Light Review by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@COD. For more information, please contact orenick@cod.edu. The Butterflies Inside Me Have Something To SayThe butterflies inside of  me have something to say,       But I can’t let them speak.They’re strung up in       Some tangled mess of  meshAnd mutter muted melodies       From behind some scratching,              Screaming screen       Knitted from my fibers of  fear,              Or maybe manifested void of  muse                      And licked with the salt of  uncertainty.The butterflies inside of  me have something to say,         But I cut off their wings.They sputter and swirl and sweep up        Dusty remnants of  chipped paint               Inside my chest,        But because I’m empty,               Barren and dull,               Cloudy and cold       And cracked and crazy,       Their tiny shrillness       Of  struggling wings               And straining strings                       Of  voice tainted with winter               Hits me without impact,                       No pressure in their phrase,                       No sincerity in their praise,The butterflies inside of  me have something to say       But their colors aren’t bright enough to read.III241: The Butterflies Inside Me Have Something To SayPublished by DigitalCommons@COD, 2019

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