CROOKED: In love with my cousin's boyfriend
I spread my arms as if embracing the universe.
"I am serene, my countrymen, the one of a loooong night, HA, HA, HA!" I threw my head back, arching my body. "I am the moment of truth. I am me. And I am." I pretended to see them all, reveling in mockery. "I AM MY BELOVED PORTUGAL!"
The music quickened—percussion, bass, keyboards, all rumbling abstractly in my heart.
I retreated, fleeing the light, vanishing into shadows. I inhaled, exhaled forcefully, sprinting back into the radiance, cutting through the smoke as I screamed to everyone, to the world:
Bab Populer