Sue

There was once a little slate blue vase named Sue. Her home was the side table behind the couch. Her job was to hold a single fake purple rose, but she didn't mind it.

Sue was often forgotten about, her insides filled with dust and bugs ran around the table she called home.

Then one day a strange man came running around the corner and tripped upon the table where she stood.

With a great tumble Sue fell to the shining wooden floor where she shattered into a million shards of glass.

A woman came and picked up her pieces and began the long process of putting Sue back together again.

Weeks later Sue was back at her dusty home, holding her single fake purple rose, but this time there was something different.

She was not just a little slate blue vase anymore, for now she was laced with gold.