MICROFICTION
Lip Balm
100 words
As Janessa turned into the parking lot, something light and plastic tumbled out of her purse and smacked the passenger door.
“Whatever it is, it’s under the seat now,” she mumbled.
Hurriedly she reached under the seat of Merrilee’s car, which she’d borrowed to get to the job interview. Juice box straw. Sticky cheerio. Quarter. Ah…her lipstick tube. Distracted and nervous, she applied a fresh coat without a glance before dashing inside.
The interview went poorly. Awkward from start to finish.
Entering the mirrored elevator after, she caught sight of herself.
Laughing, she pulled from her bag Purple Princess Sparklestick.
© Tina L. Smith, 2021
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