Friday, August 13, 2010

from an email:








Class Reunion
>
> *It's all a matter of appearances.*
> Rachel, Clare and Samantha haven't seen each other since High School. They
> rediscover each other via a reunion website and arrange to meet for lunch > in
> a wine bar.
>
> Rachel arrives first, wearing beige Versace. She orders a bottle of Pinot
> Grigio. Clare arrives shortly afterward, in gray Chanel. After the > required
> ritualized kisses she joins Rachel in a glass of wine. Then Samantha walks
> in, wearing a faded old tee-shirt, blue jeans and boots. She too shares > the
> wine.
>
> Rachel explains that after leaving high school and graduating from > Princeton
> in Classics, she met and married Timothy, with whom she has a beautiful
> daughter. Timothy is a partner in one of New York 's leading law firms. > They
> live in a 4000 sq ft co-op on Fifth Avenue, where Susanna, the daughter,
> attends drama school. They have a second home in Phoenix.
>
> Clare relates that she graduated from Harvard Med School and became a
> surgeon. Her husband, Clive, is a leading Wall Street investment banker.
> They live in Southampton on Long Island and have a second home in Naples,
> Florida.
>
> Samantha explains that she left school at 17 and ran off with her > boyfriend,
> Ben. They run a tropical bird park in California and grow their own
> vegetables. Ben can stand five parrots, side by side, on his willy.
>
> Halfway down the third bottle of wine and several hours later, Rachel > blurts
> out the her husband is a cashier at Walmart. They live in a small > apartment
> in Brooklyn and have a travel trailer parked at a nearby a storage > facility.
>
> Clare, chastened and encouraged by her old friend's honesty, explains that
> she and Clive are both nurses' aides in a retirement home. They live in
> Jersey City and take vacation camping trips to Alabama.
>
> Samantha says that the fifth parrot has to stand on one leg.

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