the ladybug effect -

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for years, we have been haunted,

or perhaps pre-saged,

by ladybugs.

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they are for us harbingers of change,

of shifts about to come,

warnings in bright red and tiny legs,

that we must brace for the wave, that we are considered by the universe to be prepared,

that we are in flux,

and about to be moved forward.

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it is always forward.

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it has been awhile since we have gotten a sign.

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so, closing the door last week to the balcony,

i looked down,

and saw change struggling to right itself,

legs up, flailing.

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so i set her right,
and i set her free.
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can't wait to find out what she came calling about . . .
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