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14 t e D r U m I n a t e s o V e r m o r n I n g C o f f e e ted reaches into the freezer for a bag of coffee. Full-bodied, the label reads, with an aroma of confidence. If this coffee were a woman, she’d be wearing a red dress. ted remembers last night, puts the coffee back, squints out the window. In a moment he reaches in again. Expressive, with a hint of the untranslatable. The perfect coffee for Flamenco dancing . he sighs. Loraine had called him a stick in the mud. how could she say that when they had only been together a year? he fishes out a bag from behind the white bread. Bored, with a touch of insouciance. A suburban blend. he tries again to imagine what this henry looks like, henry whisking Loraine off to africa, sipping dry martinis under the african sky. Cautious and responsible. Do not mix with half-and-half. she will probably be eaten by hippos, or at least mangled, and he, ted, will visit her in the hospital every day, build a ranch house for her with easy-to-open cupboards. Unapologetic, with a virtuous aftertaste. he pours the beans into the grinder, presses the button, and waits. ...

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