Climate Change

I was on my knees in the dirt when I heard the rumble. I had been clawing a shriveled tuber from the drought-packed earth and...Christ Almighty, foolish woman; I had let my guard down! But it was food - food at last for my dazed daughter who, like me, had been nourished on nothing but sediment-laden water for the past 36 hours. Turning, I saw trees snapping, boulders careening. Snatching Zoe, clutching the tuber, I catapulted into white, blistering space.