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Submitted to Contest #325
I stared at the crumpled shopping bag on the landing before me. It was the fastest I’d ever destroyed $300 worth of anything. I stood like a mall mannequin, frozen and uncomprehending. The last ten seconds played on repeat in my mind.I had just completed a ‘grocery’ trip and was hauling a shopping bag filled with the inedible. Today’s flavor of impulse buying? Candles. And I’d learned they were equals parts smellable and breakable.To be fair, I’d also picked up groceries. I was just planning on bringing in the first non-grocery ‘grocery’ bag...
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