onstage

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the lights, they

heated up her

shining face

as she stretched her arms

a perfect dance.

her lipstick was bright red, and

the polyester of her yellow costume clung

like sticky caterpillar silk

to her décolletage

a sugary

whisper.

he was in the front row,

called out

her name

and she grinned, unabashed

watched by

hundreds of people

rapt attention

focused only

always

on him

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