Ugly are your wings so drab and dark&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Softly bending against rippled bark&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Golden borders with spots of blue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Dreary patterns of somber hue&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Mourningcloak you are a fraud&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
A butterfly severely flawed&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Unbeautiful as your name implies&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
The ugliest of all butterflies&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Mental illness makes for fragile wings&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Always falling short of better things&nbsp;&nbsp; 
A dolorous sight of stark despair&nbsp;&nbsp; 
And restless flights that go nowhere&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Strange specimen caught in a net&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
To choose to live is to forget&nbsp;&nbsp; 
That life will end but death won’t come&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
In the killing jar you just go numb&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Through rounded glass will life transform&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
And taste so sweet of chloroform&nbsp;&nbsp; 
A soothing bane breathed in real deep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Faint distractions drift fast asleep&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Isolation keeps you who you are&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Death is endless in the killing jar&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Wings held outstretched on the spreading board&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Pass deathless moments where time’s ignored&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Pins pierce the body and puncture through&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
To hold you here but you’re not you&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Pinned and labeled put on display&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Pressed in a box and forced to stay&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Immortalized in a private case&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
In solitude to hang in place&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Repulsive feckless Mourningcloak&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Now the symbol of life’s cruelest joke

andrew-t-hannah

Inside the Killing Jar

Jun 6, 2026

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spysgrandson

"Wings held outstretched on the spreading board, Pass deathless moments where time&#8217;s ignored", "Repulsive feckless Mourningcloak  Now the symbol of life&#8217;s cruelest joke" a few of many fine lines in this potent work