Rain Over a Dead City

They waited fifteen years for rain. Now one of them wants to leave.

By jay

You shelter in the last open diner of a drought-abandoned city when rain begins tapping the roof. The owner brings out seeds saved for fifteen years. His longtime regular has packed for tomorrow's ferry. He calls this the moment everything changes. She says that includes the right to go.

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