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Week 2 Prompt: A time when you waved to a neighbor Last Tuesday Night Last Tuesday night at ten o'clock when putting out the cat, I saw my neighbor walk his dog while carrying a bat. I smiled and raised my hand to wave; he nodded in return. I noticed fires had spread below and made the city burn. "What's going on in town today?" I asked him with a frown. "What! Don't you know about the plague and riot in the town?" "You mean that COVID-19 thing that's been around a while?" "My God, you've missed the tragic news of people turning vile." "There's zombies now in Washington and walking dead in Maine. The folks 'round here are panicking, some running for the train." Just then, a girl jumped on his back and bit into his neck. She glanced at me and licked her lips. Her body was a wreck. Her dress was stained with blood and gore. Her eyes were milky white. She chewed a chunk of something red. She really looked a fright. I edged away back to my door and shut it with a thud, deciding to stay in that night and drink my final Bud. I knew the world I'd known was gone; things wouldn't be the same. And after all the fires had burned no one was left to blame. 36 lines Common measure |