Coffee Break, April 1992

M. Stanley Bubien

Worker 1: "What're you watchin'?"

Worker 2: "The Riots. People looting. Shooting at each other. They're burning everything."

Worker 1: "Wow." (Pauses.) "How'd things ever get so bad?"

Worker 2: "Don't know." (Looks at watch.) "Gotta get back to work."

Copyright ©1996 M. Stanley Bubien. All Rights Reserved.

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