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checking out at the music store in lincoln square:

charlie: [gestures to poster-covered wall behind the register] what’s up with them? they’re everywhere lately.

kara: uh….[looks at poster wall] who?

charlie: [gestures to wall] tapes ‘n tapes

kara: [looking at poster wall] oh. uh…yeah i got that from aaron but i’ve only listened to it once…

[pause]

kara: …what are you pointing at?

charlie: the tapes ‘n tapes poster!

kara:

charlie: right THERE!

kara: WHERE

charlie: [points at poster just above a tall stack of boxes] THERE with the TREES on it

kara: OH – from where i’m standing, i can only see the very tops of the ‘t’s

charlie: [squats way down to my height] oh…yeah. sorry.