Nostalgia

There is a tiny Cuban insect that, in the island´s countryside, is called chichí. It stings so hard that you even get to feel like losing the sensation of that pain. Sometimes it even feels like you have been anesthetised in that area as it is a very deep pain. It has another peculiar characteristic: when you crush that little creature, it gives off an unbearable stench. I don´t even know if it is a defence mechanism used when threatened or if it only stinks to annoy, to screw you after being crushed. That little bug reminds me of nostalgia, nothing is more similar to nostalgia, that weird and imperceptible sensation that lands in our skin, bites and leaves a deep, lasting pain and, besides, stinks.