This was written originally for the 99 word challenge, last week. Somewhere in my pandemic mind I forgot to post it to their website. Since all writing is good exercise for the brain I thought I would share this. The prompt was, I got life.
The day started like most others in this little town, waking to go to work or school, getting the lunch ready and eating breakfast. A large boom sounded in the hills and we felt the earth move like it was becoming liquid. I reached for a counter to steady myself and my knees failed as I hit the floor. We were having another earthquake.
I walked our street that evening, workers were removing rubble from a building. Urgency in their actions. Stretcher passed from one to another with a covered form as the cry arose, “I got life here.”
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