Dance like no one is watching, even though they all are, and you’re purposely dancing badly for a bet, and if you let on that it’s a bet and that you know how bad you are you lose the bet, so you have to pretend like you think you’re good.
Teddy Wayne’s
Unpopular Proverbs
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Teddy Wayne is the author of the novels Kapitoil and the forthcoming The Love Song of Jonny Valentine.
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