urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jamin70 in the darkness jamin70 2007-03-21T13:19:25Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jamin70:2643 2007-03-21T13:19:25Z 2007-03-21T13:19:25Z <p>I. A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: O.K.</p><p>G<span class="smallcaps">RANDMOTHER</span>: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.</p><p>U<span class="smallcaps">NCLE</span>: I’m having sex right now.</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: We all are.</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: (<i>laughing</i>) You know, but you won’t tell.</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: If they ask me again, I might tell.</p><p>F<span class="smallcaps">RIEND FROM</span> W<span class="smallcaps">ORK</span>: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: (<i>laughing</i>) There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: I’m angry! I’m angry all of a sudden!</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: I’m angry, too! We’re angry at each other!</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: Now everything is fine.</p><p>D<span class="smallcaps">AD</span>: We just saw the PG-13 movie. It was so good.</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: There was a big sex.</p><p>F<span class="smallcaps">RIEND FROM</span> W<span class="smallcaps">ORK</span>: I am the loudest! I am the loudest!</p><p>(<i>Everybody laughs</i>.)</p><p>M<span class="smallcaps">OM</span>: I had a lot of wine, and now I’m crazy! </p><p>G<span class="smallcaps">RANDFATHER</span>: Hey, do you guys know what God looks like?</p><p>A<span class="smallcaps">LL</span>: Yes.</p><p>G<span class="smallcaps">RANDFATHER</span>: Don’t tell the kids.<br /><br />Rich, Simon; "The Wisdom of Children"; The New Yorker; 26 Mar 2007</p>