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JOAN McNERNEY : Delivery Driver
JOAN McNERNEY : The Waitress

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JOAN McNERNEY
Delivery Driver

Ray comes all winter with office supplies. He calls female workers “gorgeous”. Smiles spread like wild fire. Besides reams of paper, ink cartridges, he carries the sun. Says it fits perfectly into his bowling bag. Sprinting upstairs, balancing boxes of staples, paper clips, pens, Ray shouts. “I brought the sun with me today, slung it right over my shoulder.” He brings what they all want on those icy dark afternoons to make them feel sizzling warm.

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JOAN McNERNEY
The Waitress

Sally thought everything was up to luck and she had zero. Her chances got swept away with yesterday's trash. Every day working in this dumpy dinner slinging hash. There were the regulars who knew her name and left good tips. They had no place else to go. Her feet swelled up at the end of lunch rush. Sally wiped tables filling ketchup bottles, salt shakers, sugar jars while staring out the window at pulsing rain. Waiting a half hour for the bus, winds tangling her hair. She stopped at the market to bring a few groceries home. Struggling now to open her door, only cold rooms would greet her.

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