approaching her from behindheading
up to the counter at the storefront he watched her raise her hand to her
mouthher head going back and hold that pose for several seconds
quivering a bit
Y A W N
Nono no you
just didnt yawn he said coming around in front of her
her eyes still sparkling with
yawns tearsputting her hand over her mouth I did.
You gonna take that with you
Whatexcuse me?
The yawn big yawn are you gonna take it with youya cant leave
it hereya leave it here Im gonna have people walking into it and suddenly theyll be yawningsuddenly Ohman I tired
all of a sudden
she laughed
he kept a straight face pokerface
she broke off her laugh You’re
serious.
I am That yawnits emanation could possibly break
their spirit they might pull back on their evening their plans suddenly
overcomesuddenly tiredsuddenly taken down a peg their momentum broke
And all of it due to your enormous errant yawn
You’re making me feel bad.
Well lemme ask ya What are you doing this evening
Me?
You
Well, truth be known, I had plans
but I decided to call them off. I’m tired this evening.
Youre tired this evening
I am. I made the plans
earlier. I just don’t feel up to them
tonight.
The Y A W N your yawn yagotta
take it with you Leave it here youll doom
others to your nocturnal dysplasia your disarrangement derangement
See
This is crazy.
No Not crazyIve seen it before Though before I didnt cautiondidnt ask people
to take their yawn withem when they left
But Im asking you
Please he was beginning to feel like he
was begging please take your yawn with you
she didnt hear him
she was in the middle of another
yawn . . A A A W W Nnnnall
tonsils tongue and teeth bright tears What? Excuse me. I didn’t hear
you.
You have to take both your yawns
with youplease otherwise youll be dooming my future customers its Friday night
forcryinoutloud youll kill date nights delay romances cause undue whoknows
kinds of suffering
The webs we weave
she paid gathered up her
package wordlessly avoiding his imploring eyes
Well
Well? I don’t know how to do that.
Howbout when you get to the
door stand there a moment and then
yell IM GOING NOW YOU BETTER FOLLOW ME GET ALONG NOW please
Thank you for shopping with us today
Hmmhmm.
the next customer in line stepped
up and set their items on the counter
Happy Reggae Friday he said
Thank you, Hap . .
.
. I’M GOING NOW YOU BEST FOLLOW ME . . .
Lots of eyes went up to the
doorway where the woman stood then eyes looked back into the shop to see who
might be hurrying to her voice
they didnt see anyone coming forward
of course not
yawns are only seen when theyre emitted
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