From the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (him of the "it was a dark and stormy night" fame) which rewards bad prose, an also-has-been:
Carey, unnerved by an affair that had suffered through weeks of volatility, walked unsteadily, her dress etching complex runes in the fine patina of dust along the antiquated floor, to a rose-scented box of love letters in a vain attempt to find solace, like a security fund struggling to find liquidity in the US sub-prime mortgage market.
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