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The Gilded Butterflies
May 2, 2022
So perfect and pretty
Not a care in the world
How nice it must be
To be a butterfly flitting and fluttering about
How nice it must be
To not have to worry about meaningless tasks
How nice it must be
To be such a gorgeous creature
You fly away
Leaving all those who can’t
Behind and beneath you
You can’t hang about
So we laugh,
Laugh at the gilded butterflies
But deep down we know
We long, we crave
To be a gilded butterfly
To have not have to worry
But flit and fly about
We all long to be
So perfect and pretty
To not have a care in the world.
© Anonymous
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Hi everyone! I was inspired to write this piece by a quote in "King Lear" written by Shakespeare. The quote is, "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies." Gilded butterflies refers to pretentious people who are unaware of their problems. I love this poem, and I hope you will too! :)