When Gold Means Nothing
Food, food where is all the food? I ripped open all the cabinets that I could find. There was nothing in them but dust. I ripped open the last box with a lock on it. Nothing! A rat had gotten to its contents before I got here. The box had torn up paper and plastic with rat droppings mixed in. This was worthless; I had wasted a lot of time and energy to come up empty handed. Food, food where is all the food? I walked towards the door, out of the corner of my eye I saw something glitter. I went towards it to find out what it could be. It could be a bottle of some food or drink. My heart was racing with anticipation of finding something to eat. It was a gold coin, how disappointing. I decided to take it with me just in case I find a use for it later. You may wonder why I was disappointed about finding gold. The truth is that gold is not worth a lot now days. I left the deserted house to wander the empty streets ...