as he walked towards the front of the market along the refrigerated premixed salads chopped kale collard mustard paltry display of tofu vegetarian options he saw her  she was deep in thought wore her store smock was holding considering two small prepackaged salads possibly for her afternoon break 

                                                                                 through his mask  Hey ya how ya doin 

  she surfaced  recognised him   through her mask  Oh hi, fine, how are you?

Well thank you

                 Need a coin

Yeah tell me about it, stopping here I thought I knew exactly what I wanted . . 

. . And

Lousy wandering eye.

Impulsive

she eyed him smiled 

                      You’ll never know. he thought he might Hispanic creamedcoffeebrown dark eyes crazy lashes  Built

  Say.

Yes

I understand you went out with two of the girls from here.

No  I ran into them at the bar we shared a couple of drinks

Shared a couple of drinks?  her eyes twinkled

Conversation

That’s what you call it . . conversation?

Awshit couple of kiss an tellers . .

. . Oh yes.

I thought that nonsense was reserved for guys in locker rooms who want to brag

We have a locker room here, in back.  eyes twinklingmask creeping a bit up her face

Havin a good timehuh  howbout you pull your mask down or aside so I can see your ridiculous grinsee your lips curl at what I think are sharp canines

Howbout you imagine? 

                            And who knows . . maybe we’ll run into each other at a bar . . we can have conversation.

  When

after 2300,  Thursday,  13  10. 22

1107,  ReggaeFriday,  14  10. 22