Tricia

A drunk young man in a sagging suit leans beside me at the bar. "My sister-in-law is a lesbian now after ten years of marriage." He shakes his head and repositions his glasses. "But you don't understand. My brother is conservative. I don't want to talk about it," he says. "You brought it up," I say. "I'm glad I stopped drinking," he says. "But you're already drunk." He walks away and sits next to a table of friends.