The Choke
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Every time Dad spoke it was light, like a ball being thrown into the air, easy, like a breeze, but under it was heavy as lead.
“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
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