Welcome to The Laughing Satirist, Our first episode is “The Butterfly Collector.” On the surface it is the familiar story of a miraculous healing followed by a terrifying relapse. A butterfly follows an elderly man possibly suffering from Alzheimer's disease or some other dementia out of a butterfly exhibit and shares its dreams with him. Beneath the surface, this is a gentle satiric exposé of our desire to avoid other people’s visions by labeling them with a diagnosis. I will not comment on the author’s descriptions of a long term marriage.
