{"id":2048,"date":"2021-09-17T21:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T21:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=2048"},"modified":"2021-09-17T22:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T22:02:26","slug":"at-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/volume-2-fall-2021\/at-the-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h4><em>Laura Lassen<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beneath vibrant chaos and colors and sounds,<\/p>\n<p>She blinks, and waltzes turn to war.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the worrying woman stands alone,<\/p>\n<p>Dreaming of a dance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She blinks, and waltzes turn to war:<\/p>\n<p>Red and bleeding dresses,<\/p>\n<p>Dreaming of a dance<\/p>\n<p>When the symphony finally fades.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Red and bleeding dresses!<\/p>\n<p>The woman cleans her heels to rid the past.<\/p>\n<p>When the symphony finally fades,<\/p>\n<p>She is still alone without a partner to dance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The woman cleans her heels to rid the past,<\/p>\n<p>Watching the rest of them without her\u2014<\/p>\n<p>She is still alone without a partner to dance!<\/p>\n<p>Why did her flowing dress cost thousands?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watching the rest of them without her,<\/p>\n<p>Her legs collapse in defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Why did her flowing dress cost thousands?<\/p>\n<p>The fabric is terribly stained with rage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her legs collapse in defeat,<\/p>\n<p>Like a ballerina who cannot perform.<\/p>\n<p>The fabric is terribly stained with rage,<\/p>\n<p>With loneliness hiding in the hem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like a ballerina who cannot perform!<\/p>\n<p>Beneath vibrant chaos and colors and sounds,<\/p>\n<p>With loneliness hiding in the hem,<\/p>\n<p>Still, the worrying woman stands alone.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Lassen<\/strong> (Class of 2024) is studying English with a double minor in Political Science and Creative Writing. 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