inside the words

We say nothing. Sitting there on the floor together in a tangle of other bodies. Open mic washing over us, the glow of PRIDE hanging in the hall. I twitch my pinky to see what will happen. Nothing. Twitch again a little harder. Something. A twitch in return. More than a twitch, definitely a clear wiggle. I’m not listening to the words anymore. My whole body leaning into the line of skin where our pinkies are touching.

Fark.

This is happening.

This is happening.