BullseyeMart, Where Love and Low Prices Come Together!
Banana Man is shopping.
He picks up a banana. The right yellow. Straight. Too straight.
Needs to have the right curve.
This one is too short.
He’s scanning the bananas. Too green there. Too many brown spots here.
This one, too soft. He puts it back down.
Banana Man stands back and looks again, peering through narrowed eyes. Lips pursed, concentrating.
Here’s one. He picks it off the bunch, with a brisk snap. Has the right weight. He holds it up to his eye, peering down the banana shaft.
Yep, this is the one.
“Thanks for shopping at Bullseye Mart, where love and low prices come together!”
The cashier is cheery. He has “cheer” all over his suspenders.
“Just one banana for you?”
“Yep.”
“You look tired. You been up all night?”
“I’m a janitor. I work nights.”
“Banana for breakfast?”
“No. During the day I fight crime.”
“What?”
“Usually littering.”
“Oh-kay.”
Banana Man hands the kid a dollar.
“Yeah, I got it.”
The kid is confused. “What?”
“Yeah, it looks just right.”
“Who are you talking to?”
“I’m talking to Giant Nanobot.”
“I don’t see anyone.”
Banana Man gives him a bored look. “Yeah, well he’s pretty big for a nanobot.”
“Whaddever ya say. Want a bag?”
“Nah.”
“You’re going to need it.” The kid takes a long gaze out the windows at the parking lot and the outside world. “There’s a lot of litter out there, man.”
Banana Man takes the bag from the kid’s hand. “Not for long.”
