Couple A:                  Work Work Work Kids Kids Kids

Couple B:                  Work Work Work Kids Kids Kids

Couple C:                   Work Work Work Work Work

Couple A:                    Work Work Work Kids Kids Kids Doggy

Couple B:                    Oh Doggy! Doggy Doggy! Doggy Pics! Doggy Pics!

Couple A:                    Doggy Pics! Doggy Videos! Doggy Videos! Doggy Videos!

Couple C:                    Kitty Cat! Kitty Cat Pics! Kitty Cat Videos!

Couple A:                    Kitty cat

Couple B:                    Doggy! Doggy! Doggy!

Misanthrope:              I read a story that’s doing strange things to me.

?

??

???

Couple A                   Tired

Couple B:                  So Tired

Couple C:                  Exhausted

Couple A:                   Home Kids Kids Kids Work Work Work Doggy

Couple B:                   Home Kids Kids Kids Work Work Work Doggy

Couple C:                   Home Work Work Work Work Work Kitty Cat

Misanthrope:              Well, goodnight. I don’t know when I’ve had more fun.

Author bio:

Michael Andreoni’s stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Fifth Wednesday, Euphony, Pif, Calliope, Ducts, Defenestration, Hippocampus, The Writing Disorder, and other publications. He lives between town and gown near Ann Arbor, Michigan.