⇐ How to Lick a ToadLove is but a Dream ⇒
“Wow. That must have burned up a lot of bad karma.”
“It should have. I got what seemed like a good position in a butterfly garden in Japan.”
“From a toad to a bug. What was so good about it.”
“First of all I was quite lovely … bright colors and I flew with grace. Then I was totally protected from predators and had all the sweet nectar I could eat. And of course, the caretaker was this hot geisha girl.”
“Oh! I never realized that butterflies entertained such thoughts.”
“Come on, kid. Put that topology book away. Haven’t you ever heard of the Venus Butterfly G-spot massage?”
“Of course. It’s a sure way to keep friends coming back for more. It’s just that I never thought to do it with a real butterfly.”
“Alas, sad to say, neither did the geisha girl.”
“You seemed to have it all, except that one unfulfilled desire. What could go wrong?”
“Every so often, I’d wake up and there would be a couple of us butterflies missing.”
“Sounds like that caused you some concern.”
“One afternoon, I flew by the geisha girl’s window. I saw her pinning some of my buddies to a board!”
“You seem to be getting agitated.”
“Agitated, my butt! I was terrified. I flew frantically hitting against the screen enclosure. I finally found an opening and flew out. Up and up, higher and higher until I reached total exhaustion.”
“Sounds serious. Where does a butterfly on the lam go?”
“The air was getting cooler and there were strange updrafts lifting me higher. I flapped as hard as I could, but was unable to escape. Unable to continue anymore, I spread my wings and allowed the currents to take me where they would.”
“I hope you floated safely to the ground.”
“Never made it. I got eaten up by a starling below the cloud line.”
“What happened next?”
“This time it was serious. The Lords of Karma called me in and prohibited another Earth incarnation. They said that all that flapping over Tokyo caused four hurricanes in a place called Florida.”
“I see … It’s called the Butterfly effect. I think someone wrote a book about that.”
“Cool! Did they spell my name right?”
Good series, Cologero 🙂