Another Day (David Logsdon, Guest Contributor)

A Foreword: In the next few weeks/months, Poverty in America is looking for reader stories, both fiction and non-fiction. What follows is the initial installment in a fiction series by our friend Dave Logsdon.

Another Day (A Short Series)

By David Logsdon

As the sun set on another hot day, Frank looked back at what he had done. The ground before him was clear of the jungle which had been there that morning. As he sat there, alone, he realized just how lucky he was. He could still be stuck with his ex-wife. He could still be stuck doing the same old thing. But he wasn't.

The marriage had turned sour not long after it started. Sometimes marriage changes everything for the better...in this case it didn't.

She got everything. The house. The car. The kids. Probably better that way anyways...the kids didn't want anything to do with him anyways. The real kicker was the child support he was ordered to pay...even though she made WAY more than he did. His lawyer had told him, though, that if he was unemployed there was nothing they could collect. So to really show her, he had just vanished...straight off the map.

He had worked the same warehouse job for 15 years...the day after his divorce he walked out with a box and nothing else.

“Send her whatever's left...she'll get it anyways...”

He hopped in the only possession left to his name...an old Ford truck his Dad had left him at his passing a year prior. With no real direction in mind, he just started driving.

David “Dave” Logsdon is an independent consultant from southwest Alabama. College educated, and currently looking to pursue a graduate degree after nearly a decade of work, he writes under a pseudonym to ensure his privacy. He does not maintain an online presence. He can be reached through the site on which this article is located for comments or questions.