the drowsy surgeon pinched the anesthetician and she leaned forward to administer the juice she said now ben if you would count back up to ten well any second now all hell is breaking loose well any second now all hell is breaking loose for years he had been a model husband he always stuck by her when times are rough but this morning on the train he overheard a conversation he said haven t i ve been honest long enough oh yeah haven t i ve been honest long enough bobby couldn t fully grasp the new arrangement and every evening asked when s daddy coming home his older sister rolled her eyes and dug her nails into her thighs and she continued typing on her telephone and no one even touched the mashed potatoes and no one seemed to think about desert margaret picked up all the dishes starred into the middle distance tried to focus on the things that didn t hurt ooh and ever on the things that didn t hurt and all alone inside his luxury apartment and no one is there to say he s had enough he s not sure which young lady has borrowed the mercedes but he s certain now that she has called his bluff and that s nothing if you talk with his accountants but he stopped opening the letters that they ve sent out on the balcony he looks over every tree flicks a cigarette and studies its descent he flicks a cigarette and studies its descent