The men talk about sports and pizza and the women talk about the many shortcomings of their men. No one acknowledges their sadness, however.

And the feral cats ran roughshod and killed all the flowers. And it was beautiful. I used to be whelmed, he said. But today I’m overwhelmed.

The sun came up and they watched it rise. Gratitude’s overrated, he said. The sky went from orange to blue. Sometime’s it’s not, she replied