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Weekly Contest #368
June 2015 When you wanted to know the true, real destiny of your son and his football future for the next year, there was no place to go but to the Oracle. We had all been to see her. The Oracle lived in the back of a broken-down old mallette by the Atlanta airport where the white people who lived there used to shop and , but over time, but they had all moved away and left the neighborhood behind for the Black people to live and shop in. Except for The Oracle who was one of a handful of white people who remained behind.Her age? One day older...
Weekly Contest #366
Sensitive theme: Child hunger/neglect Polio ArrivingPittsburgh, PA August 1952 Children have no business changing baby’s diapers. Wait. Since children are changing other kids’ diapers, I can attack the girl. Small hands left unwashed (I could go into it further if you want me to, but you get my meaning) doing the work her mother can’t or won’t, yeah. There’s my chance, my time, my opportunity. Polio arriving. Her mother won’t leave her bed, so I suppose this girl felt responsible to see after her hungry baby sister left wriggling, cr...
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