Iconic, ironic Icon

I wonder if Ernesto Guevara graces as many tee-shirts in his native Argentina or in Cuba as it does in India. A clothing brand popular with rich college kids has his stylized visage on an entire range of ironic clothes.
A cousin had him on the other day. "Cool tee-shirt", I said.
"Yeah!"
"Is that a picture of someone, or just a painting?", I asked.
"It's a photograph", he assured me.
"Who's?"
"Don't know his name, but he's an older Hollywood star."
A Marxist as the icon of a Consumeristic Society. Wonder if El Che would have appreciated the irony.

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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.

The Future

A new person was manning the store. He looked familiar, and I finally placed him. When I'd moved here, he'd been the young boy who home delivered groceries.
"Haven't seen you for awhile", I said.
"Two years", he told me. "I've gone back to the village. I'm working there. And also studying. I'm just helping out here for a month."

I placed my order. He rattled off the other things used to buy.
"How do you still remember?", I asked.
"How could I forget?", he replied.

If the future of the nation is in his hands, the future is safe


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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.