100 Words

The Old Bait-n-Switch

Thrifty word challenge 100 #52: Powering Down

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“What you gonna do about it?”

Patrick glowered over me,
having pushed me down twice.

I rose, eager to dispense wrath in-kind,
but froze; his chin,
jutted,
screaming, “Do it!”;