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Published: 2007-03-08 07:25:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 402; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 2
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Description Like a moth to a flame.

Didn't you get the memo?

Moths don't dance around fire anymore,

they prefer lightbulbs

(40 watts, nothing brighter).

It's money less spent

on the energy bills.

Moths are very economically conscious.

I didn't know.

Keep up with the times.

The newspapers will give you the full story,

with three interviews with

moths of separate social standings.

Moths are very unbiased, you know.

They shy off discrimination,

they accept butterflies into their cocoons now.

That's ridiculous.

But it's true, the newspaper said it so,

and three sources on the internet,

where tons of moth activists write

about their mothly misfortunes,

oppression and mortality rate.

Are moths particularly prone to death?

Not since they stopped

flying into flames.
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Comments: 13

mattmonochrome [2007-03-14 07:38:16 +0000 UTC]

I saw like a moth to the flame and I'm going--- oh no here we go again, those done-before images etc. I was pleasantly surprised here. I've handed out tons of praise for poems over the past few days, all the praise was due of course but this one takes the cake. Its original and interesting. Not particularly powerful but nonetheless a great addition to DA.
Awesome poem.

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amaranthineries In reply to mattmonochrome [2007-03-16 05:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, thank you so much! I really appreciate your sincerity, hard to find these days, I'm afraid.

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chibi-muse [2007-03-11 06:26:40 +0000 UTC]

I love this! (I'm seeing a pattern, I think I love almost everything you write)
It's cuter and simpler than most of your others, less like a song and more like a story. It's great!

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amaranthineries In reply to chibi-muse [2007-03-16 05:46:54 +0000 UTC]

Awh, thanks Jo!! ^.^

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DementisVenustas [2007-03-11 00:45:31 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of politicians.

For some reason.

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amaranthineries In reply to DementisVenustas [2007-03-16 05:47:06 +0000 UTC]

YUSSSSS.

S'what I was going for. ^.^ Thanks, hon~

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DementisVenustas In reply to amaranthineries [2007-03-16 21:13:36 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

Really, though. I read it and I was like "....goddamned politicians. *grumble*"

XD Mr. Anderson (my political science teacher) should read this.

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Zomai [2007-03-08 21:38:14 +0000 UTC]

Cute, especially the end. XD Damn flames.

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amaranthineries In reply to Zomai [2007-03-16 05:47:17 +0000 UTC]

XD Ehehe, thanks hunnie!

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GhstsInSnow [2007-03-08 19:08:33 +0000 UTC]

Talking...moth? Makes me think of AFI...damn moth.

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amaranthineries In reply to GhstsInSnow [2007-03-16 05:47:29 +0000 UTC]

^.^" Started off with AFI, mmyes.

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MitoraAkamori [2007-03-08 07:31:02 +0000 UTC]

Haha, what an amusing little peice. Very nice.

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amaranthineries In reply to MitoraAkamori [2007-03-16 05:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, hon! ^.^

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