Page 182 of The Black Flamingo
I was so excited to see you
here tonight to support me.
I thought we could be friends
or at least get some closure.
Well,thissure issome closure.
You know what? I’m embarrassed, too.
Embarrassed I lost my virginity
to you. What a waste. What a shame.
But you know what? Whatever!”
And this is most of our audience
in the smoking area. They saw
my performance earlier andthis,
this is like an encore for them.
They all start to clap and cheer
even louder than before.
I turn and take a bow and when
I turn back there’s no sign of Jack.
Removing my costume
in the dressing room,
I’m retelling the story
to my drag family.
I wish they’d been there,
but I know one of them
would have jumped to my defense
as soon as Jack started shouting.
I defended myself.
Maybe said more than I should
but I feel so good.
Even better than
I could have imagined.
