Fat Boys Don’t Make It to Mars
How I traveled through time and space from the safety of my couch
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4 min readJan 26, 2022
The doctor’s stethoscope chills my bare chest as I pray for this time to be different. I know my body is a wreck — breathing problems, a heart murmur, and high blood pressure — but I hope fate will turn a blind eye and allow me to play at least one season on my middle school’s soccer team.