recess in elementary: one day while racing my friends across the blacktop with my jump rope, I tripped, fell, and scratched up my face. this left streaks of red scabs across my cheeks. the following days, i started identifying with the girl with the “birthmark” across her nose and cheek because all of a sudden I too, had red marks on my face. I began playing closer to her in the sandbox and felt like I knew how she felt.
of course, scabs fall off.
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