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THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAIWAN by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN

First Line: I SAID: BECAUSE IT IS THE CASE THAT
Last Line: OR CURIOUS, LIKE THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAIWAN?
Subject(s): BUTTERFLIES; HAPPINESS; INSECTS; TAIWAN; WINGS; JOY; DELIGHT; BUGS; FORMOSA;
I SAID: Because it is the case that
Every living man must in the end die,
While we are in the world let us be merry.
But I found that happiness comes not with pursuing.
Like the butterflies of Taiwan,
It flutters about the coolie pushing the @3toro@1 up-hill;
The mother with the burden in her body or on her back.
Is it wary of the net of the pursuer,
Or curious, like the butterflies of Taiwan?



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