Butterfly

I once had a college roommate from Salamanca
& she told me that siestas were short spells

when bodies could recover from the itis.

I think I’m inflamed. Filled with a kaleidoscope 
of butterflies, but they’re not fluttering.

Maybe I need a siesta. A long one. 

Maybe, then, the butterflies would come out—
when I’ve stopped living to survive

& instea…