The Outsiders

Daily Prompt; The Outsiders

Tell us about the experience of being outside, looking in — however you’d like to interpret that.

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Do you truly understand the Dewey Decimal System?
Have you ever taken something apart just to see if you could put it back together again?

Have you ever been the only one of your gender in a building crowded with “them”?
Gay?

Have you ever been the smartest one in the room?
The dumbest?
The oldest?
The youngest?
The tallest?
The shortest?
The richest?

Have you ever been the emperor parading your new clothes?
Had to be the boss when you just want to hang with the guys?

Have you ever been the only one who knows how to do something?
Bake a cake?
Rope a steer?
Fix a car?
Rewire a lamp?
Talk to girls?
Program a computer?
Operate the VCR?

Have you ever been the new kid?
Kept out of the club because it’s “no girls allowed”?
Not spoken the language?
Not had the money to get what they all have?

Have you ever been the only one singing?
Working with watercolours when the others are using acrylics?
Turning right when everyone else turns left?
Drinking beer at a wine bar?

Have you ever lived in a country/state/city/town/neighborhood where you are a minority?

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