Friday, 16 June 2023

Public Speaking

The crowd applauded politely as I walked out, as I tried to calm the butterflies in my stomach.


I approached the lecturn and took a deep breath before my lunch tried to escape my lips.


I paused, pretending to cough as I held down the vomit trying to escape my system, then I took hold of the glass of water there on the stand and drank it down in one long gulp.


I replaced the glass carefully, and then looked out at the crowd, and forced myself to speak.


"Ladies and gentlemen, Doctor Scott Basti!"


I gestured to the wings.

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