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You look up at the audience from your spot on the floor.
You hear it before you see it
An intake of breath,
A wild gasp,
An ear splitting scream,
A laugh.
It starts with one, near the back and almost silent.
Then it shifts with two sat in the middle holding their tongues.
Then it grows with three spread about, tearing their sides.
Then it roars with four who turn and turn and turn until they are all turning themselves over.
You are moved by the uproar
And shaken by the end.
And you-
You
you
You
Gather your hands by your sides and laugh along with them.
Because they love you!
Shaky and young
They love you!
Wrung out and gasping
They love you!
Stupid and desperate
They love you!
Sitting and reaching and holding and waiting again and again and again-
And you can’t help but scream right along with them.
because it's funny right?
It has to be.
They wouldn’t be laughing if it wasn’t.
They wouldn’t be smiling if it wasn’t.
It's absolutely hilarious and that's why you have to laugh
Because it is just so fucking funny!
To think,
You thought a star could be anything but alone.