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Just a minute.
Tiny butterfly
perched on rosemary.
Afternoon sun
warms it.
Slowly, slowly.
Wings expand
Red Admiral,
Vanessa Atalanta
wings flitter,
Then fluttered,
away.
Breathtaking.
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Just a Minute
23 July 2026
26
Literary Fiction
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