packed lot.
mundane, but, as usual, stoked with intuitive meaning. bin awhile. waiting online. peyoted dude brushes mi sleeve. filling tzedakah squares...
ginger jew: What's your name
mi (to mi right, peering over his left shoulder at Tv Monitor, shai):eliyahu
ginger jew: Are you Jewish?
witnesses echo "Are you Jewish?" crescendoing louder, yet genuinely inquisitive...
eliyahu: Northern Kingdom, em, Malkut Yosef; annie asheri, i think
ginger jew: are you circumcised?
eliyahu: yes.
ginger jew: are you sure? [to butcher behind counter] GET THE KNIFE!
butcher smiles
eliyahu (fearful, in a humorous way to haverim): ¡quen!
everybody laughs, including handsome (aravi, i think) counterperson
ginger jew: do you speak Hebrew
eliyahu: a little
ginger jew: cahn you reed
eliyahu: mm.
ginger jew (rests hand on shoulder): i wrote a book:
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ginger jew: $3.
eliyahu: i only have 2: {V}
ginger jew: shabbat shalom
eliyahu: todah, shalom
mi amigo hoodyo, ben Duvid
