Two Butterflies
Two Butterflies went out at Noon –
And waltzed upon a Farm –
Then stepped straight through the Firmament
And rested, on a Beam –
And then – together bore away
Upon a shining Sea –
Though never yet, in any Port –
Their coming, mentioned – be –
If spoken by the distant Bird –
If met in Ether Sea
By Frigate, or by Merchantman –
No notice – was – to me –
Emily Dickinson, summer 1863
Greg Hobbs 10/23/2019 (Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, Colorado)