To any other eye upon the hill

Their flight entwined and ended

Helixed, then hidden in the upper limbs

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The banging on the door used to punctuate the oscillations

“One, two, left, right, swerve left, spin right, left swing, right, leave. left.”

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Torn wings of scale weighed in at just 20 seconds.

1200 days to drown out the drums.

To forget how a monarch and a swallowtail dance.