The+Dusty+Red+Family+by+Ted

the dusty red family by Ted

crouching in the vines beside the white river. mother holds her child in her lap as father looks stoically out

His look belies his fear of his approaching enemy. he keeps his kin near the river because he knows no better

but the vines do not provide nearly enough protection his family is discovered and will be broken

father is powerless to move as the river walker coldly rips him from the vines

his wife and child watch as he is crushed under the weight of his new master

is it a tear that rolls down his Rubbermaid leg or just the dying dew shaken loose?