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Deonte Osayande<\/h1>\n

Expendable<\/span><\/h2>\n

In sports, everyone
\neventually becomes replaceable, the lucky
\ndon’t see who’s next biting at their heels<\/p>\n

and in the end our bodies are on borrowed time,
\neventually betraying us, with loan payments<\/p>\n

that we have to pay later on in life
\nbut I always knew I was expendable
\nfrom the day my high school coach
\ntold me he never favored me and tried<\/p>\n

to have me replaced by a runner who
\nwasn’t even as fast as me and one
\nthat I thought was my enemy<\/p>\n

until we had guns drawn on us
\nwhen we returned to school.<\/p>\n

Deonte Osayande<\/strong> is a retired sprinter turned nonfiction writer and poet.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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