Advice: A Book of Poems

<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</SPAN></span> <h2 class="nobreak">ADVICE TO A BUTTERFLY</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Aimless petal of the wind,</div> <div class="verse">Spinning gently weird circles,</div> <div class="verse">To the flowers underneath</div> <div class="verse">You are a drunken king of motion;</div> <div class="verse">To the plunging winds above</div> <div class="verse">You are momentary indecision.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Aimless petal of the wind,</div> <div class="verse">Waver carelessly against this June.</div> <div class="verse">The universe, like you, is but</div> <div class="verse">The drowsy arm of stillness</div> <div class="verse">Spinning gently weird circles in his sleep.</div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />