Monday, June 30, 2008

Roasts are Good Left-Overs

"Why bother with the niceties?"
"You're right. We should cut off the candle light and the nice dinner I had planned. The roast is already in the oven, but..."
"You could kiss me now."
"I thought you wanted to edit out the extras."
"Oh, right. Well, we could skip to the --"
"Why don't I just put on a movie?"
"I'll bring the coffee in."

They settled onto the couch, each glad the other wanted so little. Just a warm body and a sub-par film.

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