Monarchs
Along Lake Michigan ’s shore monarchs wing southward
Four bright orange
wings with black stripes and white dots
Flutter in the wind
then glide in airstreams.
In their dream like
flights
Monarch butterflies wing
their way south
on airstreams to Mexico .
They land on milkweed--six black legs taste pink blossoms
spiral tongues
unfurl deep into the flower
and they sip its
sweetness.
Crowds of monarchs
fill the sky
Doppler picks up a
moving cloud
yet the air is clear.
From chilly Michigan
To sunny Mexico
They go—they go.
--Barbara Spring
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