Freshwater Literary Journal 2022

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Katley Demetria Brown Modern Plagues After the seven plagues of modern times plastic, toxic algae, wildfires, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and coronavirus killed the righteous and unrighteous alike the earth became a wasteland, devastated by global warming and pollution. No amount of Lysol® spray or Clorox® wipes destroyed the contagion. Chemicals were not the answer. They were the cause. Like the angel of death, the plagues flew in the air, flowed in the water and struck unsuspecting victims. Even the sign of blood on the door did not save them. The meek will not inherit the earth. Instead, it will be the bacteria and the cockroaches.

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