Friday, December 30, 2011

Small Stones -- December 29

In the poverty store, pennies bloomed among the weary map lines in an old woman's hand.

2 comments:

B. WHITTINGTON said...

Wow - all I can say. A whole story in that one line.
Very good. Keep it up.
Barb

Granny Kate said...

ty Barb. This is the Dollar General with their boxes of stale cereal and slave-made faux this and thats. And the woman -- beautiful but didn't know it -- probably never knew it -- her whole demeanor sagged. Yet she managed a smile for the tired cashier.