Pharmacy
Shutter
Pull the shutter down.
After-close inventory. A neighborhood pharmacy dispensary. The married pharmacist will not put the packer down. “Pull the shutter down.” Leave through the counseling window and the night is just closing.
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About this work
Ten at night. The alley pharmacy shutter is half-down. Only the counseling window still leaks light. Yaka is the pharmacist. She is married. Under the wristwatch the ring flashes once. Her hospital-husband is on call.
“Pull the shutter down.” Bend out through the counseling window and the night is closing. Stay, and names come off behind the counter where the customers stood.
Characters
- YakaPharmacist · married woman
- MeNarrator · night clerk
- HusbandHospital on call · mentioned
