The Lord Helps Those

A short story? A character sketch? A harbinger of future employment “opportunities” under the sequester? You tell me.

Whichever, it is timely, even though it was first published in "Mobius: The Journal of Social Change," nearly 20 years ago.

And short as well, just over a thousand words, so you can read it while waiting your turn at the cash machine, supermarket checkout line, post office -- or unemployment office.