Okiki Adeduyite

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“Maxwell” by Okiki Adeduyite

Submitted to Contest #75

I stop walking. This seems like the best place to sit without disturbance. It was a bad day but I'll empty this tray. I must. Stars spot the sky but it is dark. Dark enough for Mummy to be back from church. I drop my tray on the gutter fence. My head pad falls but I don’t pick it up. I sit and reflect on the day's sales. Or the day's wandering. I sold nothing. But I must sell it all. I have to make my mummy and daddy happy this year. My 2021 promise. They will love me if my tray is empty even if it means I go home late. But I sold nothing.&n...

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