Saturday, July 17, 2010
Two Friends and a Wife
FRIEND1
He shook apart. I’d seen him tremble before, but this time parts of him flew off. Leg over the plasma TV as an example.
FRIEND2
That’s too much high definition for me. But we all
come close. I fall to pieces sang Patsy Cline. At any rate, something prevents it. Filters shove in, or friends.
FRIEND1
His dog had just died, and on top of everything else...no job, no wife, no girlfriend.
FRIEND2
That’s just it! Too much of a loner.
WIFE’S VOICE
If you two philosophers intend to replace that shower diversion valve, I suggest you hop to it!
FRIEND1
There’s a prime example: a sarcastic wife will filter life
for you and thus prevent your own flying apart.
FRIEND2
She has rescued me on many occasions, most when I didn’t wanna be. At any rate, got the Home Depot part right here. Would you deign to accompany me to the bathroom?
FRIEND1
With pleasure! ... Oh! A good bit cleaner than mine!
FRIEND2
Who desires to crap in a literal hole?
FRIEND1
Is that a rhetorical question? Hey! Such great acoustics in here!
FRIEND2
Thus will our learned discussion gain resonance.
FRIEND1
Let’s start with Budweiser. Allow me to pop both. Now, a toast to all the trouble in a world which tragically misses us when we’re occupied doing these pedestrian tasks.
FRIEND2
Amen to that. At another time, we’d be swimming in peasants to perform the dirty work.
FRIEND1
Sound from outside amplified in here too. What’s this newest resonance?
FRIEND2
The boyfriend.
FRIEND1
Isn’t it a strange world?
FRIEND2
People made it.
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