Rob S. Friedman
March/April 2025
The Unbearable Beauty of Ballet
My 4th grade crush topped the In Memoriam list that passed from hand to hand around tables of 50th reunion revelers trapped in the land of lockers and unrequited love.
I got a pic of the list along with a text: “we’re still lucking out,” and closed my eyes to watch nine-year-old Pam and her sister pirouette across their living room floor.
Published in Cathexis North West Press, March/April 2025, p. 27
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