Auroville Economics

Aren’t we an economy 

Of butterflies and bees? 

A colourful autonomy 

Is what fate for each decrees. 

Butterflies sip precious nectar

And enjoy it on the spot

Bees are playing the collectors:

They take it home for the common pot. 

Moral: 

Bees and butterflies together

Should grow into harmony

And, like birdies of a feather

Enjoy the collectivity. 

Proposal: 

Bees: Nectar sipping on the spot

Butterflies: Dipping into the common pot. 

(Editorial poem, based on an original idea of W.M. Sullivan)