Friday, April 23, 2010
small battles for pride
I walk into a combination upscale clothing store/mini-casino inside a large mall, looking for Damien and Nate. It’s a couple stories tall, with the clothing store, which is sparsely decorated and all white, on the ground floor and the casino up top.
On the floor level I decide to start prancing around in this really gay way while I’m looking for them, just for fun. A man behind me says, “Don’t do that.”
I stop and then turn and say, “Wait, do you work here?” He shakes his head. I snort in derision and start prancing again to show him that being gay is okay.
When I enter the casino portion I walk past Ben and Manuel, friends from high school and elementary school respectively, but I don’t say hi for some reason. They’re talking to each other.
I can’t find Damien and Nate so I call them. One of them picks up right before I wake up.
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