Gremlin Risitas — Breakroom of Matches
[Gremlin’s perched on a milk crate in the breakroom, watching coworkers strike matches like pioneers lost in a rainstorm. Every one fizzles out with a pitiful fsshhht. He waits for the fourth one, counting under his breath like it’s a drinking game.]
Gremlin: “You know, if the fire keeps dying every time water hits it… maybe stop standing under the leak.”
[He flicks a Bic lighter once — click-flame-steady. Lights his cigarette just to prove the point, leans back, exhales smoke shaped like a middle finger, and shrugs.]
Gremlin: “Some of us bring lighters to a wet match contest.”
(El Risitas laughs somewhere near the bailer.)
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