way. We had the toys and the gadgets, the labour saving devices and minimum wage workers to care for our children. We had designer clothes and designer coffee, we had the media to tell us everything we ever needed to know. It was so simple to know how to think and act. Of course it wasn't perfect for everyone, the teenagers were so wild we had them locked up from thirteen through twenty. They never listened to their parents anyway. Never listened to those who loved them enough to pay the bills. For the most part they were surrendered gladly, leaving Mom and Dad to enjoy their hard earned money. The "kids" were taught some manners in the military and worked off their room and board. It was wonderful! Now we are like the peasants of old, huddled on the outskirts to avoid the radiation. Our missions to bring back bounty start at sixty, then we are considered expendable...
Fatiha Bhuiyan.
