Five minute free write - Gardening

Another morning, another Five minute free write hosted by the lovely @mariannewest.

Today's prompt was GARDENING. It didn't take me too long to think of a concept to fill the time. I've been following the same paths for a minute so I decided to pull from some earlier inspiration. From back when I first starting writing here on Steemit, from one of my early friends here, @snook. If you've read any of her writing, you might have an idea of where this is going :)

Without further ado...

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The sun was beating down on her back

The thin cotton shirt and wide brimmed hat doing little to protect her from the heat. Sweat dripped from her brow and her arms were tired as she used the small shovel to ready the dirt in front of her for the small green sprouts that sat in a tray next to her.

She loved this kind of work. Ever since she had retired, it was the one thing that brought a smile to her face. The feeling of playing with the earth, using it to grow things, that satisfaction of watching her dinner grow.

It was the cycle of life she believed.

From the dirt they came and the dirt they would go. Everything else was just the fun time in between. She looked up, shading her eyes from the blazing globe in the sky.

Brilliant azure blue with wisps of white. It was beautiful.

Suddenly she was pushed face first into the dirt.

Crushing the small plant she had just placed inside it. A nasty growl and a viselike grip on her back drew a scream from her lips. Snapping teeth bit at her neck as she struggled to release herself.

Pure terror wracked her body as her hand found the shovel she had just been using. Pitifully small, it could still help her. Not thinking she grabbed the tool and drove it into the leg of her attacker with all her might.

Not a sound. No yelp of pain. No release of pressure. Her face was pushed deeper into the dirt as her attackers teeth finally found purchase in her neck.

'From the dirt we come, and where we shall end,' was her last thought.

The zombie apocalypse had begun.

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Yep, zombies :)

Gotta love them. A great way to send any day-in-the-life story into something so much crazier. That's kind of the mood I'm in. Turning things on their tail, providing unexpected twists, doing something different. Got a lot of things to do today so no waxing deep and poetic...for now.

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