WRITING OBSTACLE
Create a narrative from the perspective of a character who has found out something they would rather not know.
You do not have to reveal what they know, but you should focus on showing how it makes them uncomfortable.
Powerful Penny
I should have seen this coming
But I must have been too preoccupied
13 is a taxing age
It was a taxing year
Taxing times
Tax money torn from our hands
Taxed to line old money pockets
Was this the start?
I still can't pinpoint the date
Was I even thirteen?
I think it was a Saturday
I didn't see this coming
I didn't see it as it hit me
I see it now
The penny dropped years ago
Our final penny
Evading and swirling down
I wonder where it will go
Corrupt piggy banks
Armed piggy banks
Countries perhaps
Unelected leaders
War zones maybe
The final penny circles the drain
I knew I lost something that day
ButI didn't quite realise how much
