I know, I know, it's hard to figure out what's even going on in this picture so how could it have (almost) ruined my marriage?
If you look closely, you can make out that it's a picture of a couch falling. It's a couch falling because we threw it out my window. It was aqua-green with a kind of nubby finish & no legs. It was curved too. Not comfortable & it took up a lot of room, given that only one or maybe 2 people could sit on it.
Johnny was new in my life & I had one of rare fits of home improvement. Or maybe I threw it out to symbolize the future. What a satisfying hollow explosion it made falling into the courtyard!
I know Maggie was involved but I no longer remember who took the picture. It happened fast—how'd we get a picture at all? I proudly showed it to Johnny.
I should have known: he'd been a super for 20 years & was aghast that I threw furniture out the window. It didn't calm him down that I'm in back—it's not like I endangered any passerby. He was so mad. He thought I was too much of a nitwit to date. He thought I was a midwestern nincompoop who would never be able to keep up with his city smarts.
Good thing he had the fire down below or that would've been that.
If you look closely, you can make out that it's a picture of a couch falling. It's a couch falling because we threw it out my window. It was aqua-green with a kind of nubby finish & no legs. It was curved too. Not comfortable & it took up a lot of room, given that only one or maybe 2 people could sit on it.
Johnny was new in my life & I had one of rare fits of home improvement. Or maybe I threw it out to symbolize the future. What a satisfying hollow explosion it made falling into the courtyard!
I know Maggie was involved but I no longer remember who took the picture. It happened fast—how'd we get a picture at all? I proudly showed it to Johnny.
I should have known: he'd been a super for 20 years & was aghast that I threw furniture out the window. It didn't calm him down that I'm in back—it's not like I endangered any passerby. He was so mad. He thought I was too much of a nitwit to date. He thought I was a midwestern nincompoop who would never be able to keep up with his city smarts.
Good thing he had the fire down below or that would've been that.