copyright Ceayr
The pulsing music from the stadium above almost drowned out Sadie’s rumbling stomach.
“I hope it’s a football game,” Daryl said. “Football fans eat the best food.”
After football games, when the last happy fan had stumbled out, Sadie and Daryl would sneak out for a buffet of hot dog ends, dropped nachos, and half-full cups of beer forgotten under seats.
“I’ll go find out,” Daryl said. He came back an hour later with a flyer and a disappointed expression.
Sadie took it. “World Poverty Fundraising Rally,” she read. She looked at Daryl. “What kind of food do they eat?”
The Green-Walled Tower 
May 15th, 2016 at 11:12 pm
They might not leave anything for them to pick at. Great story, David!
May 16th, 2016 at 1:43 am
Poor kids. 😯 they are very likely to go hungry tonight. Awesome piece!
May 16th, 2016 at 2:34 am
Wry and clever
May 16th, 2016 at 3:32 pm
Nicely ironic. Rally against poverty and the poor find nothing to eat. Fight food waste and the poor go hungry. Great story.
May 19th, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
May 17th, 2016 at 7:32 am
Hahaha! Clever, very wry. Super-duper.
May 19th, 2016 at 9:26 pm
Thanks. 🙂
May 17th, 2016 at 9:34 am
Dear David,
I had to read this twice to get it. Clever irony. Again it might not have been a rally where food was served. Very disappointing to the starving homeless. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
May 17th, 2016 at 9:35 am
PS…clever clever title. Took a minute to sink in. 😉
May 19th, 2016 at 9:26 pm
Rochelle, thanks. You’re probably right. I don’t think most people chow down at rallies like they do at sports games. Glad you liked the title. 🙂 Clever titles are hard to come by sometimes.
May 17th, 2016 at 10:28 am
The poor children aren’t going to find leftover food at a fundraiser for the poor. That’s irony for you. Well done, David. —- Suzanne
May 19th, 2016 at 9:24 pm
Thanks, Suzanne. Hopefully no one thought I was bashing poverty-fighting organizations, but I liked the irony of fighting a problem far away and missing it close by.
May 17th, 2016 at 8:56 pm
This is just sad all the away around. I feel for these two. Good job pulling the ole heartstrings!
May 19th, 2016 at 9:23 pm
Yeah, quite sad. I think most people like my funnier ones better, but I like to write a variety.
May 20th, 2016 at 7:52 am
Oh absolutely!
May 18th, 2016 at 1:37 am
That was powerful, especially at the end. So much irony and underlying sadness there.
May 19th, 2016 at 9:22 pm
Thanks. My wife hates it when I write sad stuff like this, but sometimes I feel the need to.
May 24th, 2016 at 7:36 am
this was brilliant!
March 17th, 2017 at 10:51 pm
👍nicely written