Butterfly

Daily 4/16/2025

When I first started painting,

my sister called & asked would I,

paint the life cycle of a butterfly?

I painted it once & she didn't approve.

She has always been critical of me and rude.

She wanted the caterpillar, the cocoon & full grown.

A butterfly builds a chrysalis, not a home?

Anyway, whatever I painted what she asked.

She paid me $40 of her "hard earned cash".

She always used to talk down about my skills.

Pay me less than I was worth when everybody has bills.

Now that I look back she wasn't the only one.

My cousin Maria asked for a painting once from me for "fun".

These people try to stop us before we fully grow.

They keep it all hidden so to you it doesn't show.

They make you think we're crazy and out to hurt you.

When in reality those are the things that they do.

It's not about "protection" they are keeping no one "safe".

They steal OUR money to torture US.

ALL IN YOUR FACE.

PATRICIA A. MANIACI