The Five Stages of Being Cut from the Varsity Soccer Team
During the water break, you found your place between chalky goose turds in the spiky grass. No teammates talked to you, not even your friends.
Sandcastles
Building sandcastles that might last a morning or a day, even if we wished they could last longer, even if we wished they could last forever.
Let’s Divide Up Our Worries
I cursed the glass jar that had thrown us together and then prodded us apart. I cursed the worries, so they mutated like viral particles.
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