Crouch

At the indie house show, a girl crouched down to feel around on the wooden floors for a ring that slipped off her finger. She had been fiddling with it, sliding it up and down, and then lost her grip. 

The guitars quieted, the bass and drums landed on a smooth rhythm, and the lead singer approached the mic, instructing everybody to get low. The band started up again, and as the singer worked his way through the bridge, the crowd began to crouch, slowly, in time with the music. This distressed the girl, who found it more difficult to find her ring. 

As the song continued and the crowd jumped back onto their feet, she got knocked onto her side, where a glint of metal appeared beneath a barstool.

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