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butterfly

Butterflies are not what they used to be.

is only beautiful in flight or, however briefly, alighted upon a leaf or flower.

A butterfly is just a specimen under glass. A butterfly is only beautiful in flight or, however briefly, alighted upon a leaf or flower.

In the book of flight, the butterfly is a rumor.

is a flying match whose flame’s not contagious.

a butterfly as “a flying match whose flame’s not contagious”

is like a maintenance man, it checks the flowers’ oil, one after the other.

the butterfly is like a maintenance man it checks [the flowers’] oil one after the other.”