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No wallet? No problem.
He’d lived without one as a child and did not remember being hungry. Or at least, not so hungry that he could not muster energy to wrangle grub from whatever lay around.
His grandmother had taught him. Raised through famine she had become an expert forager. There were few edible things she did not recognize or know how to procure.
“If you’re awake, you can find food,” she’d say.
He was awake.
It was time to dumpster dive.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Forage in 82 words
Na'ama Yehuda 
Ugh… not quite the foraging Grandma envisioned, I am sure. Sad reality for far too many, though. Well done, as per!!
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Yeah … I don’t think this was what Grandma had in mind … Though, who knows …
Thank you! xxx
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True. We don’t know, do we?
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Nope. We don’t know. And it is – and remains – part of the mystery in every one of us … all the things that are not known!
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Yes, indeed 🙂
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🙂 I love being agreed with.
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hehehe
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😀
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Such a travesty that people still have to survive like this in developed countries that could easily support them if they just chose to.
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So true. And yes, yes, there are still too many, in quite ‘developed’ countries, who still are living hand to mouth, and still dumpster dive for a meal. Not out of choice, but of necessity.
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Such a good portrayal of how things change… But don’t change at their root. Injustice is still with us. A really thought-provoking piece.
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Thanks, my friend. Yes … somethings do not change … or at least not enough … Scarcity contrasted with over-abundance are a recurrent theme that as humanity we still have to find a way to overcome …
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As long as there are people speaking out, there is hope for us finding that way.
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Amen!
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Quite a legacy that. It makes me want to take him for a real meal. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
PS We went in similar directions this week…well, sort of. 😉 https://rochellewisoff.com/2021/04/11/weekend-writing-prompt-forage/
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Yes, I know … I had the same thought … A good meal, and perhaps a bit of money for his pocket, too. I’m gonna go read your ‘direction’ now … 😉
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He almost seems content with the way things are, perhaps because he knows nothing else.
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Perhaps he know little else, or perhaps he’d come to terms with what he knew in the past and recognizes now … And either way, yes, he seems at the very least resigned to his current circumstance …
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Yes, resigned rather than content.
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🙂 Though … who knows? Maybe he is even contented … to a degree. All is possible.
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Reminds me of the number of times I’ve seen the open hand that speaks of money needed for food, when less that 100yds away there’s a dumpster brimming with food trashed by the supermarket for being a day out of date. Of course, scavenged food hot or cooked, and so my hand does go in my pocket
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Yes …That is always a struggle and a heartache and an opportunity to practice non-judgement even as one remains open to compassion.
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Indeed
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