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LaLa DeVilleThe Gig2,518 words The Gig Imani didn’t miss the stage.What she missed was the half-second before it—the moment when your name hasn’t been said yet, and your body hasn’t decided whether it’s going to cooperate, when you can still turn around, when the room hasn’t reached for you.That moment mattered because everything after it cost something. The lights weren’t the problem, nor was the applause. It was how people listened as if they were entitled to take something home with them. Like whatever she said belonged to them onc...
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