Flash Fiction # 288 -- Aged (Drabble)

I brushed against the old woman and shrieked in dismay, seeing her long gray hair and craggy face.  Her spider-like fingers caught my arm to keep her balance, and I jerked away.
"Cover yourself!" I shouted.
She flaunted the rule of decency; those of us who would be young forever did not want to see death.
"You think you are one of the blessed?" she asked.  "Your end of time will come."
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Published on February 01, 2018 21:10
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