Salsa was a Shit Show

This week, Salsa was a shit show. After the first dance, which was the cha cha cha, my lower right leg hurt with an intense pain.

I had to sit in a dark corner and massage my leg for an hour or so. People asked me if I wanted to dance, and I had to refuse them because my leg hurt so much. When I finally did feel ok to dance. My feet were clumsy, and I felt self-conscious about my moves.

I looked longingly at all the beautiful women, who can dance all night in heels.

As for me, I came in flat sneakers. In the past, I tried coming in heels, but then my lower legs hurt so much by the end of the night that I'm limp my way out the door. (One night, some guy tried to hassle me, and I did everything in my power not to limp away because I didn't want to expose that I was weak. After that night, I have never worn heels again.)

When I felt better, nobody wanted to dance with me anymore, and I went about asking men who I had refused earlier if they wanted to dance.

One of the men, by this time, was drunk. You could tell he was a good dancer, but occasionally I had to brace him from falling over. The whole time I was dancing with him, I was thinking "don't dance and drink". Several times, this guy moved his head as if he was going to kiss me. Each time, I evaded him. I don't come to these dances for that kind of contact. All I want is to dance, and when the dance is over, I want these guys to continue on with their lives. I know these guys go prowling for ladies to take home, and in a sense, I'm no different, I want to dance. At the end of the dance, our relationship is done. Maybe we will dance again. Maybe we won't. I don't care.

At the end of the night, I want to meet up with Sam, hear about his day and then either have an intimate encounter or watch twilight zone. At least we will roll around naked, being silly.

That's how I want my night to go. I don't want to play with some stranger who smells like booze and probably has a personality that makes you want to vomit. That's just not my idea of a good time.

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(Art by Corey Back Barksdale http://www.coreybarksdale.com/)