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Then there's the
language of gesture.

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This one is a persona piece
from the point of view

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of a young man trying to get
the attention of a young woman,

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and it takes place
deep in Mexico.

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It's called "Glyphs
on a Limestone Stela."

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"Jumping was
forbidden, so I dove.

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Fell, fell, half a lifetime.

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Cliffside to cenote, full twist
showing off my best sides.

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Evelia's eyes cenote verde,
her laugh a cascade--

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clean and cool.

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Third time for sure
she was watching,

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third time oiled and glinting,
steel drum lucky, I lifted--

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feet slipped earth and I
flew over papaya, mango,

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fruta de sueños.

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My tongue yerba buena, buena
suerte a new reed, moistened.

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Canción.

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Detour mid-air.

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Gravity side swiped me.

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Her tongue traced the
crease of my eyelid, dreamy.

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Small bones in a back.

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Water I never broke."

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That young man wrote
an-- he was my student--

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wrote an essay about the most
terrifying moment of his life.

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He said it wasn't
waking up and realizing

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that he was paralyzed, it was
realizing that many people were

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going to assume that he
was mentally incapacitated,

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just because his arms
and legs didn't work.

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Yeah.

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