Safekeeping beauty

Stories of little boys

pinching butterflies

and sticking them in a scrapbook

seemed revolting.

The idea of fix-depositing beauty,

However, 

continues to entice.

Sunshine tendrils float in front 

but stay with you only as long as the eyes can follow them

without blinking.

The option of putting them in a safe-box for leisurely perusal

would have been desirable

As much for soothing the self 

as for sharing with anyone who 

needed it.

First published in Anapest/The Paragon Journal, 2 Sep 2017.