An exercise in creative writing

Monday, June 23, 2008

Legal Tender

Lucy could barely stand up straight after the judge's ruling. Lucy was shaking and felt faint. How can she come up with half a million? She could barely cover the monthly rent and grocery payments.

She stood there on the defendant's chair for a long while after the ruling had been given. The court room had cleared out but Lucy remained seated. Stuck to her chair, unable to get up. In the back of her mind she wished love could have been a legal tender. She has love in abundance and she is delighted to share her love but it is promissory notes that she lacks.

The world would be such a beautiful place if love was accepted as a legal tender. There will be no hatred. No financial interests which are blind to people's suffering. No more fraudulence and bigotry as everyone is capable of loving thus will have no need for these awful regimens.

However, this is not the case and Lucy has to find a way to raise 500,000USD to pay her dead parent's debt.



--Time's up--

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