Still Waters Run Deep
Fragile as a leaf, the boat floated briskly down the raging torrent carrying its single lonely passenger. He heard the waterfall long before seeing it, so when the final corner turned the bow, he was not surprised as the craft swiftly upended & disappeared into the yawning maw...oblivion...
'Hook line & sinker', the boy mused broodily, as he watched the leaf carrying the Lego man vanish down the drain.
'Serves you right', he mumbled, repeating the words of the bully's earlier in the day.
Why did they always say that?
Tears flooded afresh down into his open mouth, & he sullenly reflected on how the saltiness reminded him of the taste of blood after the first punch hooked into his cheek.
'Stop wasting hose water again!' his drunk father shouted suddenly from the flat door.
'Why don't you just go & play with the other kids again?' he sneered. 'Scaredy-cat?'
Why indeed?
'OK dad, I'll go...'
'Hook line & sinker', the boy mused broodily, as he watched the leaf carrying the Lego man vanish down the drain.
'Serves you right', he mumbled, repeating the words of the bully's earlier in the day.
Why did they always say that?
Tears flooded afresh down into his open mouth, & he sullenly reflected on how the saltiness reminded him of the taste of blood after the first punch hooked into his cheek.
'Stop wasting hose water again!' his drunk father shouted suddenly from the flat door.
'Why don't you just go & play with the other kids again?' he sneered. 'Scaredy-cat?'
Why indeed?
'OK dad, I'll go...'
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