Dwindling Monarchs
Personal memory by Austin Lee
2011 CE • Carlsbad, CA, USA
As a child I remember the beautiful monarch butterfly season as they swooped through Southern California. Their colors, their abundance, and their dance through the sky captivated my mind as a child. But now all I can see is their absence. The orange and black ballet of butterflies replaced with nothingness.
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