Still the Butterflies

tummy half a dozen

black swallowtail, three

silvery blue, a mixed flutter

galvanism fizzle a yellow in my head

and orange and black kaleidoscope

painted ladies clap-and-fling

grey hairstreak

flittered back to life

 surprised to find a smile

    each time the swarm

white checkered skipper lift

eights circle titillated

wide wings

  seek a place

to alight

some treasure, some

rotting gnat-laden lemons

discovered under mother’s thin

Photo credit: Fidel Hajj.