The canoe came to a stop by the edge of the peaceful stream. The husky man pushed landed it softly in some cat-tails.
He stood tall on solid ground, trampling through the underbrush toward a clearing. There the towering scaffold climbed past the tops of the trees. Up there, he'd feel like a god. From there, he'd see the peninsula and the animals.. miles from the mainland and all the scum and human waste.
So, foot by foot, he climbed the lonely scaffolding toward the brilliantly shining sun. When he reached the top, he could see the new Walmart.
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99 Words is a pet project I started in 2011 when at college. The idea was that I didn't have time for writing, but still had passing fancies, visions, plot ideas, and the like. Instead of tossing them to the wayside, I came up with a plan to turn those notes into little chunkules of text, each 99 words long. This is section is still updated.