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Catch

A poem

This article was originally published by The Atlantic and is republished here under license.

I never caught a ball.
Why would I?
Why do men need to be around balls?
(the rubber kind)
Are you more of a man if you throw a ball and less so if you catch one?
I do neither.
My father once tried to throw me a ball when I was a child
but
I just stood there.
No one has ever thrown a ball to me
since
or even considered it.
What would I do if I caught a ball?
I have nowhere to put it
I’d certainly never throw it back
Please
don’t ever throw me a ball.

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