I Thought I Saw a Butterfly...

Out of the corner of my eye

I thought I saw a butterfly

But it was only last year’s autumn leaf

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Out of the corner of my ear

I thought I heard a rain-cloud tear

But it was just a snowflake’s

Somersaulting leer

Out of the corner or my nose

I thought I sniffed a whiff of rose

But it was only my imagination

On its tippy-toes

Out in the corner of yon mead

I thought the green of spring had spread

But it was just a pretty picture in a poem

That I read

Out of the corner of my eye

I thought I saw a butterfly

But it was only last year’s autumn leaf

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© Janet Martin