My Family Laughed At Me On My Birthday Without Knowing The House Was In My Name

to see.

I thought about the plastic trophy and the word engraved on its base. Participant.

They had meant it as diminishment. They had meant the whole evening as diminishment, the trophy and the locket and the group chat and the ceremonial removal, the full theatrical production of my exclusion. They had handed it to me with the confidence of people continue reading …