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The Sale Bait - #ZapFic50Friday

The sale bait

Walking on the street
surrounded by concrete
I lift my eyes up high
I read a sign BUY, BUY
I wonder WHY, WHY, WHY
I'd rather not comply
What is the thing with sale?
It puts on us a veil
Don't buy if you don't need
start planting freedom's seed!


This is a statue in the city center of Thessaloniki, Greece. To me it symbolises breaking free from the toxic habits that the city life entails, such as consumerism.
Photographer: myself

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This is my entry to the weekly writing contest #ZapFic50Friday; a short story-poem using the prompt "sale".
#ZapFic50Friday is a literary initiative from the Freewriters Community in which participants use the prompt provided to write a story of exactly 50 words.


Thank you for reading!