Ms. MaNDy's adventures in wonderland

Laughter ripples through the dark.The audience exhales, nervous, like a wave unsure of the shore.She wrote this, all of it, word by word, gaze by gaze, two years of sentences shaped by her eyes.And thendrag queens bloom onto the stage.Cheddar Gorgeous, Black Peppa, Tete Bang, Chanukah Lewinsky.Each one Sarah.Each one a piece of her, split and sewn back together in sequins and silk.She is a girl, before the body stiffened.She is a mother, before the hands stopped listening.She is rage, Kill Bill bright, striking her husband down, watching the blood spill like wine, her joy-a sharp, gold thing.She is laughter, spilling out of mouths that are hers, and not hers.She watches others move, their hips in rhythm, their mouths loose with joy, and she aches for it

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