| General Fiction posted July 4, 2015 |
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Seniors don't live as well as prisoners
Homesick
by Spiritual Echo
I noticed an old, dishevelled woman sitting on a park bench, sobbing and obviously in distress. Though she looked dirty and had a distinct odor, I sat down and asked if there was someone I could call.
"No," she wallowed. "There's no one. Last week I had a bed, clean clothes and decent meals."
"No longer?"
"They released me. Said my time was done and to get out."
"You were a prisoner?"
She nodded.
"How can I help you?"
"You could let me steal your purse."
"I want to get you help--not more trouble."
"Please...I want to go home."
The Prisoner writing prompt entry
I noticed an old, dishevelled woman sitting on a park bench, sobbing and obviously in distress. Though she looked dirty and had a distinct odor, I sat down and asked if there was someone I could call.
"No," she wallowed. "There's no one. Last week I had a bed, clean clothes and decent meals."
"No longer?"
"They released me. Said my time was done and to get out."
"You were a prisoner?"
She nodded.
"How can I help you?"
"You could let me steal your purse."
"I want to get you help--not more trouble."
"Please...I want to go home."
"No," she wallowed. "There's no one. Last week I had a bed, clean clothes and decent meals."
"No longer?"
"They released me. Said my time was done and to get out."
"You were a prisoner?"
She nodded.
"How can I help you?"
"You could let me steal your purse."
"I want to get you help--not more trouble."
"Please...I want to go home."
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Writing Prompt In 100 words, or less, write a short story--not necessarily a flash-fiction, though it could be--on the theme/subject/topic of 'prisoner'. It could be literal or metaphoric. |
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The per diem food budget for prisoners is more than is allocated for seniors in nursing homes. Many desperate seniors will commit petty crimes hoping to get into the prison system so they have a clean bed and enough food to survive. Sad, isn't it?
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