Clerks Page #3

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INT:
CONVENIENCE STORE. MORNING

The clock reads 6:20. DANTE leans behind the counter, the

morning routine completed. He stares ahead, catatonic, then

drops his head in his hands. The day has begun.

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EXT:
CONVENIENCE STORE. DAY

The store, with its makeshift banner looming in the dim

morning hour, just after dawn. A car drives by.

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INT:
CONVENIENCE STORE. DAY

DANTE waits on a customer (ACTIVIST) buying coffee.

DANTE:

Thanks. Have a good one.

ACTIVIST:

Do you mind if I drink this here?

DANTE:

Sure. Go ahead.

The ACTIVIST leans on a briefcase and drinks his coffee.

Another CUSTOMER leans in the door.

CUSTOMER:

Are you open?

DANTE:

Yeah.

CUSTOMER:

Pack of cigarettes.

ACTIVIST:

Are you sure?

CUSTOMER:

Am I sure?

ACTIVIST:

Are you sure?

CUSTOMER:

Am I sure about what?

ACTIVIST:

Do you really want to buy those

cigarettes?

CUSTOMER:

Are you serious?

ACTIVIST:

How long have you been smoking?

CUSTOMER:

(to DANTE)

What is this, a poll?

DANTE:

Beats me.

ACTIVIST:

How long have you been a smoker?

CUSTOMER:

Since I was thirteen.

The ACTIVIST lifts his briefcase onto the counter. He opens

it and extracts a sickly-looking lung model.

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