At the Table

by Claire Powell

‘No, I just wondered, and I’m sure it’s a very naïve question, but was it anything to do with Brexit? Because you do hear … I mean that is a real thing … People divorcing … ’

She’s amazed he was able to fuck her after seeing her cry over the monogamy of barn owls, but perhaps he’s weird like that.

Yes, she was self-centred and argumentative and highly strung, always giving her opinion, thinking she knew best. But at least she’d always been someone.

How are you still talking about polyamory? You can’t even get one girlfriend, mate, let alone two.

Have you ever heard of the seven-year cycle?’ she says. ‘No, what is that, for charity?’ ‘Not a bike ride,’ Nicole says. ‘A life cycle. The seven-year cycles.’