Heel Clicks

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I am 5'6 which doesn't seem like a bad height. When I am on stage though, the mic reaches about 5'6. I am one of the youngest readers I have seen at the poetry groups I go to. But fear not! I am Anastasia and designed to be obnoxious.
Whenever I go to poetry readings, I wear heels. They always clack on the floor when I approach the stage. I love the sudden silence it brings to the room. My performance starts before I even reach the stage as my heels begin the conversation.
Coming from a Russian household, no matter the height of the woman, she is always in heels. It gives me the edge I need when I enter a hipster club. Everyone is dressed in something interesting but no everyone is in heels.
This crazy idea of wearing heels to every event came from the first time I read. I was nervous as hell. My name was called and everything around me froze. I heard breaths of the people around me and felt their eyes inspect every centimeter of my body. Up I stood, up went my skirt, and click-click-click went my heels. Perfect, the girl is also a freak. Not only did I not have a journal, I had an iphone. My heart was beating out of my chest. The first sound that came out was my heart before an arrest. Instead, as my fingers shook, I decided to point out the obvious and glaring.
"Good thing I wore my heels tonight. I can actually reach the mic!"
And off this trend went. The crowd laughed and my heart settled. Sure my leg still twitched and I fiddled around with my heel but it was perfect.
The fluid hits of a heel hitting the ground step after step reminded me of the rhythm needed to read a poem. Beat after beat to keep a pace steady when ready. This is my exact problem, I read far too fast but remember my heels clack on the floor calms my pace. Step after step, breath after breath, word after word, until every stanza has been delivered.

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