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She Geeked All Over Me
She Geeked All Over Me
There I was, geeking it up at a poetry reading in Atlanta. My weapon of choice? A suite of superhero poems that smacked the crowd in the face like a twenty-pound halibut. None of them saw it coming—including the guy that had the job of going on after me. After I’d geeked all over the stage and blown the crowd’s mind like so much raw Spice, he stepped hesitantly up to the microphone and managed a few laughs during his 15 minutes of reading time. But when the applause ended and the house lights came up and he and I found ourselves alone in the far corner of the venue—giving one another the obligatory “Good job” pep talks—he couldn’t wipe the Geek off of his face.
I’d just Geek-bombed him and broken his sprit a little. Dive deeper…
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