Fleeting attraction

As I was heating my lunch in the lower level break room, I checked out the vending machines, just out of curiosity. And that’s where I saw them – at the bottom of the snack machine, directly beneath the peanut M&Ms – a package of Twinkies! I don’t know why I was surprised to see them in a vending machine, after all, they have a shelf life of practically forever. But I was; and there they were, those spongy little yellow cakes puffed up with gooey cream filling, just waiting for me to insert my dollar bill and swoop them up. Because I haven’t had a Twinkie in years. But alas, I didn’t bring any money down with me and by the time I got back upstairs the spell was broken and the desire gone.