The Butterfly's Dream - Poem by Chuang Tsu

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The Butterfly's Dream

I dreamt I was a butterfly.
Now I do not know
whether it was then
I dreamt I was a butterfly
or whether
I am now a butterfly
dreaming I am a man.

-- Chuang Tsu

Circa 3rd Century BC

In memory of Alan Robert Connor.
1951 to 2002