Candice Ball

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“Brooches aren’t for everyone ” by Candice Ball

Submitted to Contest #271

A quiet clink, a heartbeat’s pause, the soft clank of gravity and a round settling. It’s there on the bus floor, just to the left. The shine of something that should never be here. It’s the brooch. Do people even still wear those anymore? You haven’t seen one in the fashion wild in decades. They’re things that just clatter in forgotten drawers now. But this brooch…you KNOW this one. It’s the type of ugly that’s almost endearing. A chubby silver bee, fat wings studded with tiny purple stones, bits of glass really. But why is it here? You know...

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