Jane was trapped in a world of low ceilings and high furniture.

At a charity event, she met an avant-garde decorator specializing in purple lighting. She told Jane, “Stand out. Be bold and bright. Shine. No excuses.”

So nowadays Jane lives in a beige cube with powerful splashes of purple.

Roberta Beach Jacobson is a humorist from Iowa / USA. She writes tanshi (short poetry), greeting cards, and flash fiction. See more at RobertaJacobson.com