Movie Stars

Marriage

“BANANA CREAM PIE. COCONUT CREAM PIE.”

“Chocolate icebox pie.”

“Lemon icebox pie.”

“Lemon meringue pie.”

A great deal of meaning lay in that conversation, an escalating clash, a conflict and resolution, an understanding and harmony, and none of it about pie. It is not worth explaining. You could never understand it.

Here’s an easier one:

“The mail hasn’t come yet.”

“It hasn’t come yet.”

“Huh?”

“I said the mail hasn’t come yet.”

“Huh?”

“It hasn’t come yet.”

“That’s what I said.”

But perhaps most to the point:

“My stomach is upset.”

“Well, you ate beans twice yesterday. Plus you are in a period of transition.”