They had been known as the Diggers. In the chaotic world of the English Republic, groups of people had moved onto common land and begun to plant vegetables. It had been a brief spark of agrarian socialism, before they had been run out of town by the people who owned the land. There had even been a song.
In the world on the other side of the second civil war, Aiden stood in the hazy sunlight and looked at the stretch of newly turned earth in front of him. Behind him, the concrete mountains of the tower blocks stretched into the sky. In the distance, he could hear the voices of the others as they made their way towards whatever was for dinner. He thought about them, about the work it had taken to get this plot of earth turned, and about the two other plots that needed to be done, and came to a conclusion.
They were going to need a better song.
And again I want to know more about Aiden. What is it that he is hoping for? And of course, the most important question of it all, what was the trigger for this glimpse into this scenery? Was it the Diggers' song, which I just listened to? It really made me think about this world you’ve created! Thanks for opening my mind to other worlds out there <3
ReplyDeleteIt was not the Diggers' song, which I heard a couple of years ago! It was a picture of a spade and some earth. Why that took me to the Diggers, I'm not sure. I've been listening to the history of the English republic in podcast, so maybe that was it.
DeleteAs for Aiden - I have no clue what he's hoping for. But I think I hope he gets it!