Veg Aisle

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Brass Ep. 5

The vegetable aisle was empty. The worst reminder of the lack of life. Everything had rotted back at the start, devoured by insects. Empty trays remained with seeds and pips left at the bottom.

Copper had tried to grow some vegetables. The only success she had ever had was beetroot. One had grown before the drought had come. She wanted to see how big she could get it.

It was a lazy plant. The beet grew to barely a mouthful. Then the taproots growth stopped.

She recalled stepping out of her front door one day and finding it uprooted, laying on her steps with a knife sticking out of it.

Dead beet.

Original photo by Natalia Fogarty on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

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37 thoughts on “Veg Aisle”

      1. Had to have your back when that other guy called your writing complete rubbish. Writing doesn’t have to be high literary fiction to uplift people and make the world a little bit better place

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      2. Ooooh, Peter? I think that was a play on words as in Beetroot bleeding. Have you ever tried cooking the stuff? But awww, mate. You’re lovely! Thanks for havin my back!

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    3. Only just seen this silk. My comment was a play on the fact that beet bleed when cut or bruised, and was in no way derogatory. I never put negative comments on any blog. I enjoy Fears every single post. They are brilliant. Sorry if you misinterpreted my strange humour. Fortunately Fears didn’t!

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