1936-09: (The Papillon Not the Papillon du Nuit — Perez Naming This Transcendent Power and Instructing Her Niece to Be Baptized by the Heat of the Revolution…

1936-09: (The Papillon Not the Papillon du Nuit — Perez Naming This Transcendent Power and Instructing Her Niece to Be Baptized by the Heat of the Revolutionary Promise Again and Again, Curiously Perez Comparing This Ritual of Soul Immersion Not to a Papillon du Nuit Moth but a Papillon Butterfly That Is Traditionally Diurnal — in So Doing Drawing Imaginations to the Unique Family of Butterflies That Fly During the Night Toward Light, Perhaps the Rare Hedylidae Butterfly Whose Dark Brown-and-Black Wings Carry It Throughout Caribbean Evenings Seeking Light — According to Perez These “Lovers of Light” Were Not Singed by the Flame but Charged): Perez named this transcendent power and instructed her niece to be baptized by the heat of the revolutionary promise again and again. Curiously, she did not compare this ritual of soul immersion to a papillon du nuit (moth), but a papillon (butterfly) that is traditionally diurnal or daytime-flying. In so doing, she drew her niece’s and the readers’ imaginations to the unique family of butterflies that fly during the night toward light. Born in Haiti and having traveled extensively throughout the country for her studies and research in law, education, literature, and theater, perhaps Perez was familiar with the rare Hedylidae butterfly whose dark brown-and-black wings carry it throughout Caribbean evenings seeking light. According to Perez, these lovers of light were not singed by the flame — instead, they were charged.