Everybody must kiss me! <br />It is my birthday to-day; <br />Soon, very soon they will miss me, <br />So I can't linger to play. <br />But I ran out for a minute, <br />One little kiss to implore; <br />Butterfly, once you begin it, <br />Maybe you'll ask me for more! <br /> <br />With all the blossoms coquetting, <br />Just at the close of the day, <br />You disappear at sunsetting; <br />Where do you flutter away? <br />Somebody made the suggestion, <br />Up to the stars you had flown; <br />Butterfly, answer my question, <br />Have you a star of your own? <br />Oft have I search'd for your dwelling, <br />And when I've seen you at rest, <br />Fancied the rose you were smelling <br />Might be a butterfly's nest. <br />Pray do you sleep with your dress on? <br />Have you your bed in a star? <br />(Do you believe, with my lesson, <br />That they are ever so far?) <br /> <br />Long for my birthday I've waited, <br />All of a sudden it's here! <br />Then I am petted and fêted <br />One royal day in the year! <br />Lessons no more are imparted, <br />Pleasure each moment must bring; <br />No one is half so hard-hearted <br />As to refuse me a thing! <br />Butterfly, you owe me duty, <br />Long have I waited for this; <br />Come in, you glittering beauty, <br />Give me a sweet little kiss. <br />Nobody dares to distress me; <br />You must be amiable too— <br />Butterfly, come and caress me, <br />I'll never tell if you do!<br /><br />Menella Bute Smedley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-birthday-petition-to-a-butterfly/
