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Heidi Beck
Mottephobia
by
Heidi Beck
— Perhaps it was a Peppered Moth, / the kind they taught us / proved Darwin’s theory, / changing camouflage to survive. // Or maybe a Pink Underwing, / dull on top with that fleshy startle