Food for Thought
“Why does everyone love them and hate us?” Charlotte stared across the aisle, full of loathing.
“Beats me.” Piper was always relaxed. “Honestly, it’s not worth your time Charlotte.”
Charlotte wasn’t listening. “It must be my hair. No one likes frizzy hair anymore, I get that. But when did bald become the new thing?”
Piper paused for a moment in thought. “Perhaps it’s the roundness, I hear people love curves.”
An elderly couple shuffled past the broccoli to fill a bag with potatoes.
Charlotte pondered, “maybe people don’t like us because we’re green.”
“I guess we’ll never know,” mused Piper.
100 words
May 14, 2020
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