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Youth Soccer

Understanding that this is the world, the little girl throws her hands skyward and shrieks death to all before her.

Though she has yet to age           and age.

Though she has yet to be so clearly misunderstood      misrepresented      misinterpreted mistaken for something she is not.

Though she has yet to explain           when no explanations are due.

Though she has yet to be overlooked      to feel inescapable attraction      to walk so very many miles      to be asked not to say      to be wary to admit.

Today, she is a little girl      thriving in a painful world,      upset with an upset world,      existing in this very world, flailing arms, piercing screams, and all.

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