30 May 2025 Butterfly Wings

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Marian Allen

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Butterfly Wings

by Marian Allen

They say that when a butterfly flaps its wings one place, the effects build until there’s a storm someplace else.

But what if all the butterflies are gone?

MY PROMPT FOR TODAY: The state of climate change and the remains of this butterfly.

About Marian Allen

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is. Marian Allen's Amazon profile

One thought on “30 May 2025 Butterfly Wings”

Holly Jahangiri
June 1, 2025 at 10:22pm

There would be no chaos on the world?

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  Marian Allen
  June 2, 2025 at 8:42am
  
  As MAD Magazine said in a parody of The Rifleman’s mission to keep the peace: “Nothin’ more peaceful than a dead man.”
  
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