“I make out the white bidding paddles easily. I step onto the stage, and the curtains whisper open. The velvet makes a sinister slithering sound as it drags across the floor, widening the crack I look through. I stroll across the mock stage, and the whispers stop. I turn, and I feel the eye-molestation of the all-male crowd. I walk back and try not to cave to my desire to run and never stop. The curtains close, and the shouts and bidding begin. The horrible auctioneer goes on... and on as I wait for the winner in the cramped space between the hall and the stage. Finally the gavel sounds, the stern echo final and unforgiving. A security guard comes for me as if I would run off and leave the money. I think about it. In the end, I hear the amount the winner promised. I walk down the hall to the room I always dance in.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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