100 Word Story: The Snow Shoveler

Bruce used tape to fix the handle on his snow shovel. It seemed to hold but it could blow any minute. Bad equipment, it was all a set-up from those guys outside Walgreen’s. A measly twenty bucks for a driveway and they hand you a crummy shovel.

Bruce knocked on the door and asked for a glass of water. He shoveled hard for a while and then lit a cigarette and sat on the porch in a red metal chair. He wished he had a sandwich. His ride never came, so he headed for the bus, cigarette and shovel dangling.

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