I drove through an old suburban neighborhood full of neglected homes surrounded by picket fences. The white paint had long since chipped away revealing a rough and splintering wood. Termites and rot plagued every board. White picket fences. They were our grandparents’ American dream, but their remains are our reality.
This is for a writing contest that can be found here:
https://steemit.com/fiction/@jaynas-minime/fifty-word-challenge-the-week-in-review-and-new-prompt?sort=new#comments
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