"Do things ever just drive you mad?" Cale asked as he decided the last bites of his apple would be better left to the garbage pail than his stomach.
"Well what do you mean by that?" Melinda said, finishing up the last tastes of her tea.
"I mean... here's an example.” Cale said as he sat up straight as if he was about to say something very important. “Like, the other day I see this guy in some real strange get up. I can't even describe it but the way he was wearing his clothes just really worked me up; worked me up real bad, I mean I could have hit the guy. I've never met him, spoken to him, nothin'. But at that point I could have just smacked him." He steamed, “I dunno, it’s just lately... the tiniest things will really kill me. Do you get that at all?"
"I think I know what you are talking about," Melinda said in a calm tone- Melinda was always calm. Her attention had been taken away from the remains of tea leaves in her cup to Cale's eyes. Melinda continued, "But it’s times I imagine a deer drinking from a creek or the thin layer of ice that forms over rushing water in deep winter that make me feel like it’s okay and I'm not out of place. There are some beauties that can't be described through art or anything else that trivial. Its times like those I'm pretty sure I'll never die."
They stepped outside to wait for the bus. To this day they will tell you they have never waited for a bus that long.