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Submitted to Contest #323
Inhale. Expand your rib cage.The music buzzes, then dies as someone yanks the phone off the aux cord. The door slams, cutting off my teammates’ laughter. Silence swells in its place.I’m alone now. Me, 5:23 of a yoga video and a fraying towel on the locker room bathroom floor.Exhale. Sink into child's pose.My arms stretch out, trembling.I take one breath.Then another.I forget to take the next breath, and my vision blurs at the edges.Red numbers glow 3:10, the time until the game begins.I don’t have time to finish the video.It’s fine.It’s fine...
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