X Rays of the Wayward Heart

The talk of this middle-aged couple is usually contentious; rancor stains the air of their modest North Carolina home. But when Aunt Ruth hears a tune on the radio, she softens into nostalgia. "Do you remember the first time we made love to this song?" she asks. "We were out in that field? You buried me in that grass." But Ruth can't utter a simple sentence without her husband Damascus' hearing blame in it. So he says, "Why is it that every time we start talking, you sound like you gonna cry?"

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