Genre Shorties Prompt -- Week 115.1: Educate them

 

Okay! Let's do July 4th... but let's be independent about it. You MUST use the words: stars, stripes, flag, country, independence . . . but DO NOT in any way write about the holiday. Can y'dig it? Shore ya can!

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I leave the mall alone, flagging down a taxi - their taxi.

A woman comes up from behind; digging into my back, she shoves me in.

I am stuck with a syringe and within seconds my independence is gone.

I awake in a room, striped wallpaper curling at the edges.

I could be in another country; there is no window, no way to see

the sun or stars.

I am told the gag will be removed, when I take johns without a sound.

I spend my time shoring myself against despair and

looking for holes to freedom.

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96 words

Women and children are taken for sex slaves all over the world. The greatest activity is in the Soviet Union, China and Southeast Asia, but the three hottest markets for slaves are the Soviet Union, China and the USA. Freedom isn’t just about races or groups of people, it’s attacked on a personal level everyday. google: free sex slaves