So I hung up
By hent03 on February 12, 2022 2:51 am
Volume levels are a bit out of whack (sorry), but just wanted to capture a little two minute idea.
I love Raymond Carver, and because my copy of the Dune trilogy is too heavy to read anywhere except at home, I've been carrying a copy of Cathedral when I go out. Carver has this way of capturing the everyday that I find really poignant and genuine. Today's title comes from the story Feathers:
I'd never met Bud's wife, but once I'd heard her voice over the telephone. It was Saturday afternoon, and I didn't have anything I wanted to do. So I called Bud to see if he wanted to do anything. This woman picked up the phone and said, "Hello." I blanked and couldn't remember her name. Bud's wife. Bud had said her name to me any number of times. But it went in one ear and out the other. "Hello!" the woman said again. I could hear a TV going. Then the woman said "Who is this?" I heard a baby start up. "Bud!" the woman called. "What?" I heard Bud say. I still couldn't remember her name. So I hung up. The next time I saw Bud at work I sure as hell didn't tell him I'd called.
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