finger dipped in ebony ink

stroked against soft scaly gold

pattern whimsical

dots stars ovals stripes

where I would perhaps

mix and match

Creator reveled in precision mastery

each wing image

perfect twin

human eye cannot discern

single error in every mirroring

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laughing with childlike delight

God for brief moment thought

reached across expectant universe

gathered summer cloud glimmer

finger now dipped in enamel white

Master Architect adds ivory purity

enhancing perfection

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then perhaps forgetting

strength of divine breath

God blew upon inks to dry them

setting monarch butterfly into flight

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