Sunday, May 21, 2023

Loving Her Was a One-Sided Affair

Alison had been a singer, stand-up comic, writer, marketing executive, waitress. Owing to her limited success with each, she said to Jami, “Why not be a dancer?” Jami, whose heart went ass over teakettle every time Alison glided into her studio, led her along the garden path knowing this rhythmless girl could never dance. Knowing the same girl could never love another girl. Knowing, she broke her own heart. 




Originally published May, 20, 2023, 

Paragraph Planet 

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