Literature
Extraordinary Earrings
He sat down at a desk
in a chair at the back of the classroom
and next to him, she sat down.
The girl with the unique earrings.
That wasn't the first thing he noticed about her,
of course.
He first noticed how stunning she was,
as if she was a flawless, porcelain doll,
magically brought to life.
But it was the first thing he found that he could compliment her about.
Because that's really all he wanted to do.
So he told her what unique earrings they were,
and she lit up with a smile,
a woman, brighter than a star.
She began to wear different earrings every day,
each as wonderfully individual as the last,
in hopes of gaining his affection,
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