One Woman, One Time

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The two flies rode one another in a manner that left no room for doubt. They stuck to each other with such determination that it seemed they had merged into one huge insect with two heads. Even the gust of wind that came through the window did not stop them from pursuing their acts, but only blew them to another place in the living room without separating them.

On that quiet evening Ido wasn’t doing anything. He was simply sitting in an armchair and staring at the mail from work. Amnon asked him to prepare a statement of claim. Adva asked if he could send her an example of a written declaration in an alimony case. He turned off the phone and stared at the flies. He reached for the financial newspaper, rolled it onto a club, raised his arm, and then changed his mind. His conscience would not permit him to destroy the pair.

Why was he actually wasting his time on staring at two flies fucking? On the other hand, did he prefer reading emails from work? Perhaps he should take advantage of the spare time to do the laundry? Or fix the broken lamp in the bedroom? Or perhaps he should use the time to be with Nurit? After all, he came home early specially after they hadn’t seen each other for a week, so why didn’t he get up now and find a babysitter, so that they could go out to a nice restaurant or just take a walk in the...