Somewhere, a phone is being dialed.
"Hello," said the girl doing the dialing,
"this is Shancy Fayre."
"How may I help you, Ms. Fayre," the voice queried.
"Could you, please, give me the balance of my account
number which is 2210," she continued.
"Yes, but I will need the last four digits of your
social security number."
"1234," the girl quoted.
"Thank you. I will, also, need your mother's maiden name."
"Why would you need that," asked the girl.
"Security purposes, ma'am."
"I don't have a mother. I was born in an alley, left on
the sidewalk in a basket. The preacher of a large church
took me in. I cleaned the church for room and board."
"I'm sorry," said the representative, "please don't cry."
"I'm NOT crying, the girl said between broken sobs. I don't
even care."
"You have forty-eight dollars in your account, Ms. Fayre,
and I am sorry I upset you."
The girl didn't reply, she just returned the phone to its
cradle.
Somewhere in the city sits a woman who has a wonderful
daughter. She never thinks of the one she left on the
sidewalk.
Author notes
This story is a twisted view of a similar emotion.
A contest entry
- PREWRITES!!!!!! by Luminescence.
450 points, ended March 5, 2008, 69 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Cry Me A River. by xxRainbowDawnxx.
300 points, ended May 6, 2008, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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So very sad and in some ways I can relate, as my boyfriend is an orphan, his mum gave birth to him and after that gave him to the hospital and didn't want him anymore... maybe because he's visually impaired, I don't know, or maybe simply because she didn't want him but thing is, she had a child already and has had one since, so it goes horribly against his self respect to know he was the middle one and yet not wanted. But I tell him he's better off without her, if she treats him like that and it's true.
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This is great! You did a great job. I love the story of it. It's perfest. Congrats on the trophy. Well done!
~Lanivity
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Thank you, so much, for the gold trophy. You've boosted my desire to try harder. Thanks, too, for holding a great contest. Shancy.
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this is amazing
woah it's so...
i've never seen anything like it
you pulled it off really well!
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wow... very interesting. I like this a lot. it was very awesome poem read. Welcome to the pre-lims. this was great.
Thank you for entering my contest and good luck.
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Ummm... damn... that was extremely confusing but sad. I mean... is this true... You should sooo put the story behind the story in the author's notes!! Good luck in the contest... this was so dramatic and well written.
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This was a sad story, although somewhat ackward. But sadly i have to DQ you for not following the rules.
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