It
Doesn’t
Make Sense!
L
LaNaye Perkins
isa moaned and slowly
opened her eyes. Her head
was throbbing with sharp
stabbing pain on the right side.
As her vision began to focus,
she wondered where she was.
Nothing looked familiar to her,
everything was rubble, and the
air was thick with dust. Fear made the hair on
the back of her neck stand up as she broke out
in a cold sweat. Lifting her hand to brush back
her hair, she felt a warm sticky fluid on the side
of her head. She knew it was blood as she could
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already smell its coppery scent. It took great effort
to push herself up and slowly stand. She had to
lean back against a brick building in order to gain
her balance. Its texture was rough, yet somehow
comforting with its solid presence. She felt dizzy,
and walking was difficult as she tried to make her
way down the remnants of a sidewalk.
She was overwhelmed by the scene that
surrounded her. People were scattered all around,
some moaning and slowly coming around; others
would never wake again. Security alarms were
ringing, and sirens were blaring. Firemen and