My fave story is "A .45 to Pay the Rent" by Charles Bukowski. Here, the gun, coconuts, and jail cell represent elements within the story.

Lala: “what’s that?” she asked.

Duke: “that’s a coconut.”

Lala: “what’s inside?”

Duke: “milk and chewy stuff.”

Lala: “why’s it in there?”

Duke: “because it feels good in there, all that milk and chewy stuff, it feels good inside of that shell. It says to itself, ‘oh my, I feel so good in here!’ “

Lala: “what’s jail?”

Duke: “everything’s jail.”

Link to the story: https://beingsakin.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/a-45-to-pay-the-rent/