Michelle Peñaloza
Post Diaspora
Elsewhere, butterflies mean somethingI cannot remember—luck or lifeor death or maybe it depends onwhere the fluttering wings appear.How exhausting (or dangerous)to forget always what means whatwhere. How do you say butterfly?Alitaptap? Tutubi? Or is thatdragonfly? Or lighting bug?How do you say I’m sorry or I miss youor I don’t know how not to forget? * …