Creative Writing Contest THINGS WE`VE NEVER SEEN
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Creative Writing Contest Primer lugar del Concurso Creative Writing Contest - ‘Campuswide’ THINGS WE’VE NEVER SEEN José Ery Díaz Basto alumno de la Licenciatura en Relaciones Internacionales I’VE NEVER SEEN YOUR BURNT ALMOND EYES CRINKLE AT THE EDGES NOR THE CORNERS OF YOUR MOUTH UNFURL NATURALLY, WITHOUT ANY COMPROMISE NOR HAVE I EVER SEEN YOUR DEADPAN GAZE FILL UP WITH SYRUP LIKE MINE I DON’T THINK I’D BE ABLE TO TAKE IT BEING DRENCHED IN HONEY SOUNDS DISGUSTING I’VE NEVER SEEN OUR GOODBYES MATCH UP I HOLD YOU SO HARD I LEAVE FINGER MARKS ON YOUR BACK YOU SEND ME OFF WITH A ROUTINE SO CHOREOGRAPHED IT FEELS LIKE HUGGING AN ATM YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ME RAVE ABOUT THE SPOTS ON YOUR NECK OR ABOUT HOW YOUR HUGE, SOFT EYES REFLECT LIGHT WHAT’S THE POINT OF TELLING YOU IF EVEN BROACHING THE SUBJECT WILL SHARPEN THEM INTO A PIERCING GLARE? NOR HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE DEBRIS OF NIGHTS LIKE THE ONE I SAW YOU GRAZING ANOTHER’S BACK – MY SPINE SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES AND I HAD TO SWEEP THEM OFF THE FLOOR BEFORE ANYONE SAW THE MESS. YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ME SITTING AFTERWARDS IN MY VOLKSWAGEN TRYING TO BREATHE IN AND OUT IN QUICK BURSTS AND TO REMEMBER HOW TO USE THE STICK SHIFT WITHOUT THINKING OF THE NUMBERS:
