behind the counter while he
played cashier he also played another game fashioning his interactions with
unsuspecting customers into stand-alone episodes trying to make their simple transactions now
elongated by chip-technology more palatable memorable
he accused customers who yawned
at the register of leaving their yawns there and infecting those who followed and damn if they didnt
Did
you just yawn
I
did Im not tired or wasnt tired until I
step in line
Not
your fault
What
A
woman ten fifteen minutes ago left a well-developed yawn mouth wide I didnt see
her eyes until she was able to close her mouththats how youre supposed to
yawnnot stifled behind your handinto your shirt collarhell no let it free
I told her she was leaving plenty for other customers
Ha She did
I know she did I yawned immediately after she left and just before I said hello how are you to you
he didnt assign titles to the
episodes didnt have commercial breaksthink of it commercials
theyre interruptions meant to make money why arent they called what they
are advertisements why the euphemistic
commercial rarely we hear anymore And
now a word from our sponsor(who uses subliminal visual techniques) and unsaid who wouldnt sponsor this programme if
they didnt think they were going to make money off of you
he wasnt quick with or clever in the naming
department once he had a fat pup he named Fatty he had a black cat he named
Blackie but he was quick in finding something
in the face or manner of his customers their dress that he exploited and challenged
nearly every one of them with a thought or consideration that they might not had
or even conceived without his playful shove
their expressions alone were
worth his effort and utterings
the dimlighted Uh Wha Hmm fortunately few and far between were like provoking wetted kindling to burn a
fire worked vigorously with flint and steel groveling on his knees in the slick
mud Come on hed take a deep breath and blow Come on baby he coaxed sweetly damn
near blowing kisses You want itCome on You want it I want it sparks punched
holes in the paper it seared it grinned briefly went blackwent out Come on baby
then a quiver a squirm a spasm impending life an itch growing irritated
smoulder Hotcha Eureka a flame flutters
the lights go on
Purple flowers
Yes And the flowers grow on a vine
A vine
In the spring like grape clutters Whats it called I cant think of its name for some reason I
thought maybe you could
Violets
trying to be encouragingnot abrupt I dont think violets grow on a
vine
No they dont Lavender
No
Ah Lilac
Closer Lilacs a bush
Yeah I cant think either Beats me
Beats me too All this evening its been beating meI was
hopeful bringing fresh blood and brains into the mix I could put an end to my shame I planted the vines myself Seems really content eluding me though Had a backyard patio shrouded in them Youd think Id remember them like my middle
name
Cant remember
No For some reason no Purple
Fragrant It grew pendulous seed
pods
Sorry I cant help
Me too
Did you know today Friday just in
case you didnt know what day it was is National Doughnut Day d-o-u-g-h-n-u-t It honors the women the Salvation Army Lassies
who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I on the front lines in Europe
dimlighted Donut Its d-o-n-u-t
Donut today but not in nineteenseventeen one hundred years ago when they were honored You gotta figure if its in their memory you
ought to memorialise too how the word was spelt But Americans are lousy with history It
enables them to rewrite it again and again and again
I didnt know that
And now you do Go out an infect someone Have a fine day
wisteria finally crawled into his
wound like a trail of ravenous army ants
Chow time
1655, Saturday,
3 6. 17
1044, Sunday,
4 6. 17
