The shiny slam of glass into the bin. The bride's previous marriage ended in divorce, as did the bridegroom's. The multiplication tables of dull happiness. The repeat creak of the bed. Mascara on the pillowcase. If his lover's foot is soft, is it softer than his wife's foot or softer than his own?

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Some (sometimes many) of the lines in my work are borrowed. In this piece the line "The bride's previous marriage ended in divorce, as did the bridegroom's." is from The New York Times wedding announcements.