Read the excerpt from “how i learned english.” through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, and though my head felt heavy, i played on till dusk missing flies and pop-ups and grounders and calling out in desperation things like “yours” and “take it,” but doing all right, this excerpt is part of the poem’s rising action. falling action. climax. exposition.

The correct answer is "falling action". A falling action of a poem occurs when the climax of the story has passed, and the narrative is wrapped up and gives a closure. The excerpt from “How I Learned English" shown in the question, gives a closure by stating that the speakers does everything right but still feeling desperate with the problems.

so are we writing a song for you or are we making characters for you.