Butterflies attract butterfly catchers;
Young men with invisible nets
Seek to imprison young women
With the desire to fly.
The ability to escape from such perils
Is an advantage acquired only by time,
(Not wisdom, but experience). Such men
Must be eluded at all costs.
If butterflies must be caught -
And really, why must they? -
Better to do one's own catching.
(c) Shaista Tayabali, 2017
Artwork: Catching Butterflies, French, late 13th century & Berthe Morisot (1841-1895): 'The Butterfly Hunter'.
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