The atrocity of being shut out<\/p>\n
feels like the burning wind in my asthma lungs.<\/p>\n
When I’m playing tag in the third grade and the bully boy asks me if asthma is contagious<\/p>\n
That’s what it feels like to be shut out<\/p>\n
That my nature is inconvenient and<\/p>\n
My peers have fear of catching me<\/p>\n
(although I’m doing the chasing)<\/p>\n
In either place, I won’t open my mouth<\/p>\n
Even if it’s the only way I can breathe<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
@ angel rosen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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