I found the lollipop at the bottom of the a bag of Halloween candy. The translucent spun sugar orb swirled like a rainbow gas giant.
It was too beautiful to eat. I knew it would just taste like fruit punch and the magic would be dispelled.
I kept the lollipop. When I went away to culinary school, it stayed hidden in a desk drawer. After I graduated, I had it framed.
When I opened my own bakery, my husband bought a bag of them for the opening.
That lollipop didn’t taste as magical as it looked, but it was sweet.

“Lollipop” by José Carlos Cortizo Pérez is licensed under CC BY 2.0.


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