Sunday, November 16, 2008

Frowzy and adduce

Miranda wanted to use my sloppiness as evidence of my apathy. "You can't even be bothered to pick up your boxers," she said. "How could I trust you to pick up our kids?"

She went on these rampages about once a month -- you know. I tried to ride them out, like a week-long storm in which I had no rudder, no sails, no engine, just me in a little dinghy holding on to the sides for dear life. Sometimes you come out a little wetter, a little more beat up than others. This time I didn't come out at all.

"I've had it," she said. For once she wasn't yelling. In fact, she sounded tired, even a little sad. She didn't look it, though. I did.

She left on a Wednesday. She picked up all my clothes before she left. I'm not sure what the message was.

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