Mallow Fool
Self-deception around the fire
Josie sat down beside me on the log. “You not partaking?” She waved her hand at the group of 50 something engineers gathered around the team-building campfire. “Wanna tell me about it?”
The bag of marshmallows passed from hand to hand, pointed sticks skewered the sumptuous pillows of fluff. Screams echoed through the trees as some candy confections caught fire.