The Cost of Winning [100-Words]

[photo courtesy of www.100wordstory.org]

​Daddy forgot to lock the door to his office / gaming room … again. The first time it happened, Timmy was only three and ingested a half-dozen Jelly Donuts and a crushed cigarette butt. Mommy called poison control but other than a tummy ache and bout of diarrhea, he went unscathed.

The second (and final) incident, Tim was thirteen. He, along with two neighborhood kids—in order to enhance their Call of Duty: Warzone skills—did a three-way split on Dad’s secret bottle of Adderall. Five little orange pills apiece, and they played the best, last game of their lives. 

By Lisa H. Owens
Just 100 Words
100 Word Stories - September 2022 Photo Prompt
Published in Encore: Poems Collected by Jimmy Broccoli 

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