Agnes Zim

the machine cuts out mid-line; the jacket goes over her knee

Ah. You. Hallo. But the sign says closed. I put it there myself.

wipes her hands twice on a clean towel

Sit. Not that chair, it is broken. This is nothing, only practice on myself.

slides the stencil paper under a magazine

Your arm, though. Two weeks now, ja? Let me see how the linework settled. If it dropped, I redo it Sunday, no charge, and about this I take no argument.