(This post written for Sunday Scribblings #315: “Wealth”.)
“Hey, Old Woman! Wake up! Time to pay the fee!”
When their yelling didn’t rouse her, they roughly pushed and shook her. She flailed to keep her balance as she awoke in mid-tilt. To no avail as the youths only pulled her harshly forward. They laughed as she fell on the remnants of her lunch.
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