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The Moth and the Ladybug: A Poem

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May 04, 2026
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The Moth and the Ladybug

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

A Moth he does revisit
The husk of his cocoon,
Underneath the night-cloud,
And the blinking moon;
All around in starlight,
Which his wingtips lit,
He does his waggle dancing proud,
His waggle dancing proud,
In ecstasy of flight.

“O then I did creep my way,
A bug upon the gr…

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