Self-checkout

by Phyllis Rittner

At the kiosk he presses a picture of an avocado but a fig appears instead. Then thirteen. The screen beeps and flashes red. Exceeds fig limit. He presses the help button. A cartoon clerk frowns, wags a finger as a receipt spits down his leg reading Sir, please exit the store.

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Phyllis Rittner writes flash from her home in Massachusetts. Her work can be found in Wrong Turn Lit, Burnt Breakfast, Roi Faineant Press, Versification, Fairfield Scribes and others. She is a member of The Charles River Writing Collective.