Imagine being alone on a basketball court for hours. Left in seclusion long after your teammates have retreated to the showers and headed home. Physically exhausted beyond all bearable thresholds. Body aching to the point of near collapse.
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Now imagine wanting to leave more than anything else. Wanting to put down that basketball. Wanting to change out of your sweaty clothes, and the shoes that now hurt your feet. Wanting to meet up with your friends. Wanting to be anywhere but where youÆre at.
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But, for some reason, IT wonÆt let you.
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IT holds you there beyond your control. IT wonÆt let you leave until you take that basketball that you long to put down, and put it through the hoop 10 times in a row without so much as hitting the rim.ÃƒÆ ...
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