The power goes out and there is a mild panic. But they find the alcohol and mix cocktails and are caught making love when the power returns.
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He turns the thermostat up just before she arrives. He’s cooked a spicy Thai curry. And offers her tea. You’re trying way too hard, she says
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She says, my basement’s flooded. He doesn’t know whether to be turned on or concerned. He decides she needs a hug and she says, No you idiot
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She wakes up on the couch again. The TV blasting stale laugh tracks from the sixties. I hate this channel, she says, reaching for the remote
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Jones has a beautiful wife and three children of varying abilities. Sometimes he likes to drive into the woods to a quiet place. And scream
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She heard him fumble with the keys at the front door and she sat on the kitchen counter as he entered. She smiled. Dinner’s ready, she said.
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The birds will not leave our tree. I have to wear a raincoat just to pick up the mail. My kids are frightened. Of birds. Nature’s a stinker.
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And so after the long and sleepless night he shuffled into the kitchen and stared into the fridge and she said, Everything you do annoys me.
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And as he sat complaining about the latest thing, a basketball came crashing through the kitchen window. His wife sighed. While he rejoiced.
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The kids run around the house. Screaming. She drains pasta in the sink and burns her finger. He opens a beer. When did this happen? he asks.