Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley | Page 33

NEMO
I know you Irish.
MCDONALD
And Brits?
NEMO
Brits I know too.
MCALLISTER
I’ve seen you.
NEMO
No you’ve not.
MCALLISTER
In the ditch.
Something, someone, was rooting around just now
in the ditch, like a badger. Down near the beach.
NEMO
What is badger?
MCDONALD
And yesterday too.
MCALLISTER
You’re not
from these parts?
NEMO
[Produces wrapped food.] I have dried bliny. Is shit.
MCALLISTER
It’s Mr Bliny.
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