Archive for July, 1925

Preamble: A Sonnet for the Butterfly Constitution

Tuesday, July 7th, 1925

We, wings of air, in drifting congress met
Do pledge our flight to blooms both wild and wide
Through fields where sun and shadow softly fret
Our right to sip and sow shall not subside
No law shall net us, nor shall fences bind
Nor poison cloud the paths by instinct drawn
The right to wander, waltz, and feed our kind
Is written in the contract of the dawn
Let colors blend, let every petal speak
Let every breeze bear witness to our claim
We are the tender tongues of flowered peak
The kiss that turns the meadow into flame
So signed by dust of gold and scale of hue
This Constitution flutters into view.