the very worst dancer in the world!

Remember when we thought we might not ever do this again?

Go to a sold out show, look around for people dancing more awkwardly than you, try different natural places to put the hand that’s not holding your drink. Laugh into the sky lean into your terrible moves the music is so good the beer is so cold your friends are so warm. 

Remember when we didn’t know if we’d ever hug them again? If we might lose one, if we might be responsible?

Board a flight? Live out of a suitcase? Lean in close to the bartender to yell your drink order over the noise in the room?

Make a new friend? See your grandparents?

Notice someone’s lipstick?

Hold someone’s hand? Give a high five? Whisper a secret?

Not to be dark, but remember May 2020 when the sourdough novelty wore off and the terror set in and the news was body counts and Trump? God, remember? Parents with older kids trying to help them understand? Parents with babies in an even deeper pit of isolation and loneliness that parents with new babies usually are…