Politics

"Breaks my heart to see that--don't you think?"

"Some people just don't have the smarts to get in out of the rain."

"You're a jackass."

"He's an idiot, and you're a dreamer."

"I don't know why I married you."

"Pass the wine."

"Really!--have you no heart?"

"Okay, he's cute, all right?  But what are you going to do, build him a teepee?"

"It's our anniversary, sweetheart."

Silence.

"What is it, anyway? what kind of bird, I mean?"

"He's suffering."

"He'll dry out--that's what feathers are for."

"I swear--you have no heart."

"Okay, he's cute."

"I think he's a she, dear."

"I might have known."

Silence.

"35 years is a long time."

"Not long enough."

He reached for her hand.