{"seoTitle":"Blueberry — A Funny Parable About the Absurdity of Wanting Just One","seoDescription":"A couple tries to buy a single blueberry at a grocery store, with absurd and messy consequences. A lighthearted parable about expectations and absurdity.","keywords":"funny parable, absurdist fiction, blueberry story, grocery store humor, comic short story","content":{"p1":"And so we begin.","p2":"\"OK, how many blueberries do you want?\"","p3":"\"One?\"","p4":"\"One? That won't fill me.\"","p5":"\"One packet.\"","p6":"\"Oh yes, that should do. I thought you meant—\"","p7":"\"I know. But you can't buy blueberries that way.\"","p8":"\"Why not?\"","p9":"\"You just can't.\"","p10":"\"Well I think that's an injustice.\"","p11":"\"Why?\"","p12":"\"Because people should have a right.\"","p13":"She opens a packet, takes out one, and places it in his hand.","p14":"\"Go to the cashier and put that on the conveyor belt and tell her you want to buy it.\"","p15":"He takes it and does what she says.","p16":"The conveyor belt consumes it.","p17":"The blueberry splatters in front of the cashier.","p18":"She scowls at him and wipes the counter clean, painstakingly using a toothpick to remove the blueberry flesh from the inside of the conveyor belt.","p19":"He turns blueberry blue.","p20":"He puts his hand deep into his pocket, pulls out five dollars, and places it on the counter.","p21":"He walks away, head down, noticing the blueberry stains on his shirt.","p22":"\"One blueberry is more than enough,\" he concedes."}}