It's Still Life

Baby Ladybird

        out for a walk
on the windowsill,
small
as a pinhead,
larger
than a mote.
Lost
on the windowpane,
sun on your
belly,
warmth
on your legs.
brush
off your wings,
ladybird,
ladybird,
fly away home.

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