“there’s a sale on grill pans, honey”, she says

“we have two pans already”, I reply

“those aren’t for grilling. Costco has a special if we join—free paper towels, and pizza”, she says

“we’ll need a larger closet and freezer”, I reply

she smiles and begins paging through the new IKEA catalog

I look out the window—watch a crow balance a piece of bread on the crest of the neighbor’s roof