The Butterfly in honored Dust
The Butterfly in honored Dust Assuredly will lie But none will pass the Catacomb So chastened as the Fly --
Emily Dickinson
The Butterfly in honored Dust Assuredly will lie But none will pass the Catacomb So chastened as the Fly --
Dickinson gives us a tiny, unsettling scene: a dead butterfly resting in what feels like honored dust, treated tenderly by the earth. Right next to it, a fly lies in the catacomb, but nobody will walk past that fly without feeling deeply chastened.
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