This poem was inspired by Flickr.com. ‘Milking butterflies’ is one of the messages on the photo/video upload page. Much more inspiring than ‘loading’ or ‘buffering,’ don’t you think? Thanks for the inspiration, Flickr!
Orange tip is milking the snapdragons
She takes her time, fluttering around
Behaving at first as though she’s just here to visit
She stops at the roses, delicately stroking the leaves
Inhaling their scent. No, she’s not stopping here…
Onto the snapdragons she glides
Here, she takes her time
Sipping snapdragon milk as she beats her wings
To an invisible drum.
Honest Speaks 
Lovely images. Gently vivid!
Thank you!
beautiful poem x
Thanks Kate, glad you enjoyed it!
Actually I thought this was in reference to short-lived online browser game glitch.com, where the players’ one of many tasks was milking the butterflies that fluttered about.
That’s interesting! I had no idea… It was just something I read on Flickr, when I was in particularly creative mood. Thanks for reading and commenting!