Angolan Short Stories: Orphans

Orphans

As if it were a miracle, Lucas found a kitten in this wasteland strewn with debris, where only pieces of metal survived the fires set during the night. The kitten was permanently taken away from its mother, swallowed up by the garbage carried by the trucks that spew out their guts every day on this plain. Lucas has a father and mother who have lived and worked here for as long as they can remember, but he is also an orphan. He is an orphan of the world, the world that has forgotten him and dictated the same fate for him as his parents.