this is a conversation i once had with a man at my old job.

cast of characters:

girl: me (i am at my old job, working on some display)

older gentleman: a man (who looks a bit like a grad school prof who looks as if he's spent a couple days and nights outside. he is holding some red berries and his lips are stained with red as he walks toward the girl)

gentleman- (holding berries in hand) should i eat these?

girl- um, i don't know. they're probably poisonous. you probably shouldn't eat them.

gentleman- i'm going to eat them.

(gentleman exits. girl watches him walk out of the store, across parking lot and through the berry bushes.)