#580 The Idea- Raymond Carver
This is a little cathartic look into the lives of a couple in a settled, normal, happy but boring marriage. Their big daily excitement is watching their neighbors in an odd game. The wife is in their bedroom and the husband is outside peeking through the window as if he is a stalker. Then he goes inside. This goes on for months and it drives them batty.
The power of their curiosity is only outdone by the indignance of their outrage, their judgment, and probably their envy. The woman also spies ants in her kitchen that she promptly sprays with poison. Her life is watching other things go about their lives with more purpose than she has.
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