X is for Xenophobic #AtoZChallenge @AprilA2Z

My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Feelings and Emotions from A to Z in 55 Words. Today, X is for Xenophobic.

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My uneasiness was mounting with each step that he took towards me.

“I AM stupid. Why did I take this route?”

“Look away, look away”, I kept chanting.

My pace matched my heart rate.

I felt for the cigarettes in my pocket.

The smell and taste of the smoke belonged to the world I knew.

*Xenophobia is an unfounded morbid fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.