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<h1>Ribbon Dance</h1>
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<p>Under a pavilion<br>
many faces watch, hundreds.<br>
Endless pairs of eyes.<br>
None are looking at me.</p>
<p>I don't care.</p>
<p>I'm swaying along,<br>
strands of blue and yellow<br>
that are flowing in the air<br>
such a beautiful fright.</p>
<p>I stopped thinking<br>
about how mom and dad<br>
were a no show<br>
another pinky promise<br>
broken.</p>
<p>Who cares now?<br>
I'm just following Eric,<br>
whose cringing his nose<br>
the same way he did<br>
before the music started,<br>
he's about to stumble,<br>
but wait he noticed,<br>
and catches his balance.</p>
<p>Now he's just awkward,<br>
impatiently halted,<br>
in front of amusing Asian girl Amy.</p>
<p>Amy, she's blissfully lost,<br>
confused, unaware,<br>
that she's a second away<br>
from falling,<br>
only because Omar is ahead,<br>
tangled in his own imagination,<br>
not caring,<br>
he's five paces too late<br>
from our dance routine.</p>
<p>I'm in front of little Karla,<br>
who's clustered with me<br>
in the middle of chaos.</p>
<p>Quietly I listen<br>
to the ooo's,<br>
the awh's,<br>
slowly I tune them out to hear<br>
as the crickets cricket in my soul,<br>
silence fills inside of me.<br>
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I can't hear my parents' voices,<br>
my mind whispers <em>who cares?</em></p>
<p>At the same time the cameras<br>
begin to shutter<br>
it only takes a moment</p>
<p>for the girl<br>
wearing a blue and black vest,<br>
with a musical note slapped onto it<br>
to smile,<br>
and respond <em>who cares?</em></p>
<p><em>I do, </em>my stupid heat responds,<br>
my smile dims slightly,<br>
as I suck that realization in<br>
the wind breezes by.</p>
<p>I shake off my disappointment <br>
by continuing on memorizing <br>
and moving to the useless steps<br>
of this dance.</p>
<p>Hoping in the mist <br>
of its trance someone<br>
would be watching me,<br>
proudly.</p>
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<p><a href="https://steemit.com/poetry/@camposmusing/with-hunger">With Hunger</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/poetry/@camposmusing/for-aldehyde">For Aldehyde&nbsp;</a></p>