Lillie McFerrin's Weekly Flash Fiction Prompt - 'Desolate'
They saw it coming and no one did anything about it. They
paid no heed to all the talk about climate change or global warming; they all
thought it was someone else's responsibility.
Tammy shivered trying to ignore the hunger pangs in her
tummy. She stroked the frightened kitten that shared her box under the bridge,
and thought about how she liked to play with the one she’d been given for her
fifth birthday, just a little while ago. She wondered what had happened to it,
and whether it was with her mum and dad somewhere.
Didn't see that ending coming - it was very sad when it did.
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