At the Market & Deli, which means packaged, processed foods, energy drinks, beer and cigarettes. The two women, the cashier and a customer are in an aisle. The customer is talking loud and fast, one sign, with a raspy voice and no teeth, two others.
"Yesterday I came to town with a full pack and they're all gone. Family is all in town on account of my cousin dying."
"He died?" asked the cashier.
"Yep, drowned in the river. It was in the paper this morning. You didn't see it? Not on the front page but back in a section. Shame too, him gettin' out of jail just Thursday. So, I'm here just giving comfort to the family."
Good post. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
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