Lovely and nicely wrought. Moment-in-time, if I read it correctly, as this person dies in a horrible wreck. I liked the perspective of the whore-ish person, as it’s definitely not frequently used, and you did a good job making the viewpoint authentic, convincing, and even justified.
Nit-picking-wise, you’ve got fingertips used twice in that first paragraph, and since there are a lot of things you could go with for either use, it might pay to replace one just to avoid redundancy.
Not to denigrate the fine art of the twist ending, but you have some really lovely images (and a fantastic last line) that, to me, lose their power when the Tomato Surprise is revealed. It almost feels like a waste. I’d love to see a story where the prose gets to stand on its own instead of being a part of a longer misdirection. You have quite a way with words.
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Elizabeth Gallenberg