"Put that down now," Lucresia said to her five year-old daughter Maysa, abruptly grabbing the November 5, 2008 edition of The New York Times. "No one must see you reading and especially that," she said as the two waited patiently for their weekly food rations. It was Tuesday when all Philadelphia residents with last names beginning with the letters K through P, collected their rations. Lucresia's family rations were dropped at the center between 9 and 11 pm. Lucresia didn't complain. After all, at least the family received relatively clean water and flour for bread. Late night rations were left for those considered intellectuals--anyone with a reading level above third grade. This was the group treated most inequitably by The Administration for the past seven years.
Maysa had been born before The Administration took over. In fact, her mother at one time had great hopes for her future, but the Mavericks changed all of that.....
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