Corner store

He skipped the line
A woman ordering a sandwich. what type of bread
Indecisive but also confused
The clerk already holding a pack of cigarettes to him
He replied 2 with his stained fingers

The clerk fired up the money machine
as he spoke to someone else invisible
In a foreign land Perhaps
just on the other side of town

The clerk returns to the girl
Ready to now give her attention
Sourdough