The broken tether immediately assumes a shocking importance and gives significance to the images in line one. It is the inverted symmetry of the piece that makes it work. Only at the end of the last line does it suddenly have context and meaning, as abrupt as a slap in the face. The scene here is powerful, and the SF theme is clear and striking. In the cabin Of a wandering nomad in space.
Butterflies are wonderful creatures of fancy and freedom.
There's something very energetic about a butterfly in zero-gravity, about moving within the ship while the ship moves through empty space. A contrast of small insect and immense space. By neglecting the boundary between Hollywood and the real world, the author gives us a fanciful glimpse at a pre-Wellsian reliance on media as a provider of fact. The piece enables readers to believe, not just in UFOs, but in that ethereal concept that is faith. A well written, subtly evokative, heartening work.