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The Graceful Escape
The world weighs me down. Homework and schoolwork and hard work and boring work. All of it piles up on my shoulders, and I feel trapped. I need to get out.
I go to the one place where I can shrug it off, leave it on the sidelines. I change from my usual jeans and tee shirt into a leotard and tights. The room is wide open, with nothing obstructing the floor.
There are speakers surrounding the room, and I connect them to my iPod. The first notes trickle out, and I fly. No one can stop me now. Not until the songs are all gone, and I am too tired to carry on.
The work still waits for me, not gone, but I dance, and for a few fleeting moments,
I
am
free.
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