A butterfly lands on the persimmon branch
It's wings fluttering in the slight breeze
The leaves making a rustling noise
There is a saying that I can
The flapping of a butterflies wings
Can cause a typhoon on the other side of the world
It's funny how something so small
Could cause so much chaos
Yet it sits upon the persimmon
And does not cause a stir
— Butterfly On Persimmon
Images not mine
A Branch of Persimmon and a Butterfly, ink and paint on paper by Qi Baishi, c. 1930
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