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Golden Butterfly by Mike O'Brien

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A golden butterfly fell from the sky

At twenty four karats an hour

A uranium bee fell from a tree

And that season’s Honey was sour

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Mike O’Brien lives in South Yorkshire, England. He has previously been published in the Black Nore Review, the Stone Circle Review and Dreamcatcher. He publishes his own poetry online at Sixty Odd Poems (zoomburst.substack.com) and the work of others at Sixty Odd Poets (sixtyoddpoets.substack.com). He also publishes selections from these sites as physical volumes and organises regular open mic nights in Mexborough to showcase the work of the Sixty Odd project and encourage others to get involved.