Leaving Metropolis Page #2

Good night.

Good night.

Thanks.

Great waiter.

Thanks.

Well, hotshot,

any other suggestions?

Well, since you asked.

- What?

- Your garnishes.

What about them?

Radishes carved into roses

are very... '70s.

So what kinda garnishes

would you use instead?

Kale.

You can get it

in mauve now.

It's very

eye-catching.

Mauve kale?

Jesus.

What's kale?

(Violet)

It says in here most men

fantasize about other people

to keep their sex

lives interesting.

Yeah.

You ever fantasize

about other people?

No.

What is it?

Nothing.

Let me see.

It's nothing.

You ever fantasize

about other people?

No.

Use a coaster, Matt.

[Country music over radio]

Well, I guess

that's it for tonight.

I'll take anything else

that comes in.

You need publicity.

Do you know what it costs for

an ad in the Tribune or The Sun?

What are you doing?

Moving this.

Why?

Well, no one's seeing

it in here.

Good point.

Let the folks know

what you're offering.

You're not just

a waiter, right?

What?

(Matt)

What do you really do?

L... paint.

Oh, yeah?

Like houses and sh*t?

No, like pictures

and sh*t.

I've sold a few.

Really?

Wow.

Good for you.

It's not such

a big deal.

Having people pay

for what you draw?

Sounds like

a big deal to me.

I bet you're

really good.

I'm not bad.

I used to want to draw

comic books.

I was really into it.

Even drew a few full stories

when I was in high school.

I was pretty good.

Why didn't you

go after it?

Do you know how many guys

want to draw comics?

Some of them

actually do it.

I'm realistic.

Maybe you sell

yourself short.

I'd like to see

your art sometime.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

David put the special

board in the window.

That's a good idea.

You want a beer, buddy?

Buddy?

What?

Your husband just

called me buddy.

So?

You guys know

I'm gay, right?

I didn't mean for it

to be a big thing.

I assumed you knew.

I mean, I'm a waiter.

You saying all waiters

are fags?

No.

Just lots of them.

Lots of fags are

hairdressers too.

And guys who

arrange flowers.

And guys who design dresses

and people who make furniture

and painters and writers

and composers and...

well, anything in the world

that's pretty, we made it.

Like mauve kale.

We didn't make mauve kale.

We just accessorized it.

This is a problem.

No!

Really!

(David)

Are you sure?

- Yeah.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

See you tomorrow, then.

Night.

Tomorrow.

[Door closes]

Pretty nice for a fag.

Yeah.

Say you knew someone

quite well,

only say you'd never

seen this person.

You got to know each other

with letters, the telephone,

whatever, and now this person

wanted to meet you,

and you really wanted to meet

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