I was spellbound. I stood, immersing myself in close, tight spaces with a watered-down drink in one hand. The room was imbued with otherworldly energy, like stark beams of light spawning from four walls and zigzagging around each other. It was indubitably dark, but the spotlight on stage reflected a lambent glow on my clear plastic cup. I caught myself, amid my mental affairs, pouring my attention into him so much so that the room grew eerily silent. The muffled sound of my heart racing, breath orbiting, replaced these extrinsic qualities. His voice, guttural and heart-twisting, held the room. His…
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Cool girl
Cool girl by Viola Day Such a cool girl, I thought. How one can be adored, invariably noticed by her peers and still have the spatial awareness to notice someone like me leave the room. She wished me well and hoped for my return. As I tried not to let the door hit me on the way out, a strange thought surfaced, as though a glimpse of five years from now sat me down: she was the type of friend to lecture you on being more confident as she applied lipstick on your lips before telling you to dab them against a Kleenex. Then matter-of-factly,…