Overheard at Table 3: Alopecia

Wife: Went to the doctor today.

Husband: How did it go?

Wife: She says I have alopecia.

Husband: Alopecia?  Who is she?

Overheard at Table 4: Sneaky Freaks

"You're a freaky sneak!"

"Correction: I'm a sneaky freak."

"What's the difference?"

"The noun is a state of being. The adjective is a personality type."

Overheard at Table 4: The New Intern

The New Intern

Tattoos of speckled stars
down the length of her freckled arms.
Tiny shouldered, she types
on thick clacked keyboard,
highlight filling spreadsheet rows 
stretched across two tilted monitors.

written 2026-0722