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# Laraya Billups
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-story-exchange/episode/laraya-billups-9xabyd/
- Published: 2026-10-06T21:01:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:31:15.000Z
- Description: Laraya Billups speaks for forgotten lovers in a poem about finding worth beyond romance.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Story Exchange, Season 2, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_f8c15f13-8338-47a7-85a5-3b3c804bafc8, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_e490bdc7-cdff-446e-8a4e-363fde003ab0, #v1.16

Laraya Billups performs a poem for the "forgotten lovers," those who feel like understudies in stories of romance. Drawing on the language of musical theater, she turns waiting and rejection into a declaration of self-worth: we are not supporting characters, and we have always been more than enough for love.