Ambition To Squint

Setting:
A Bookstore.

Dramatis Personae:
JOSH, a putative sherriff/customer and MONK, manning the counter.

Fade in.

JOSH: “Do you see any problem with me wearing this hat?”

MONK: “No. As long as you don’t mind people laughing at you. Anyone who laughs at you isn’t really your friend.”

JOSH: “I’m more concerned with what I think of myself. ANd why would they make fun of me?”

MONK: “‘Cause you’re wearing a straw hat with a green plastic sherriff’s badge?”

JOSH: “It’s befitting my station.”

MONK: “As sherriff?”

JOSH: “Figurative sherriff.”

MONK: “Then why not wear a figurative hat?”

JOSH: “There are no figurative hats.”

MONK: “Yes there are.”

JOSH: “There are??”

MONK: “I’m wearing one right now. Of shame.”

JOSH: “Oh.”

Fade out.