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No Man’s Land: Through the Tropical Butterfly Forest
  I found myself lying on the muddy ground,
  and with that finding no recollection of the events prior.
  I happen to find a Grand Cherokee next to a tree, crumpled up at the hood.
  In fact, the area surrounded by vegetation for miles ahead
  all with the unusually encompassing fizzling air attached to my pores.
  So I picked myself up and walked over to a porch
  and on that porch stood a lone butterfly.
  With its vibrant colors glittering across its wings,
  I pulled out my arm to make a connection,
  but alas it flew away into the blistering sun.
  I was left lying for what felt like hours, or days with my own thoughts.
  Suddenly, there was a faint humming sound out in the distance,
  with a dark cloud slowly popping out of the bushes.
  While all I could do was marvel at the beauty of what laid before me
  the cloud strikes at a moments instant.
  There was a certain floatiness with the trip into the heavens.
  Perhaps because my body is being lifted by thousands of butterflies;
  it was something that would’ve only came out of a dream.
  Wherever they take me next, I’ll share my tale,
  but for now my eyelids feel heavy.

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My entry for the 2018 Milwaukee Public Museum poetry contest.