POWERLESS
Her wrinkled hands grip the wheel like she’s ready to mow me down.
“I’m sorry,” I bark out, stumbling back onto the curb.
Her glare lingers, sharp and judgmental, before she drives past.
I exhale, but then the glass doors of the shopping mart swing open, spilling out light and noise.
I back into the shadows, away from the glow, just as a group of children bundled in thick sweaters rush out, singing Christmas songs at the top of their lungs. Their voices clash, high-pitched and chaotic, and they swarm around me like bees. One of them spots me, stares up at my shadowed face, and his little cheeks go red as tears prick his eyes.
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