Winter home dialogues (4)

SHE
You’re alive!

HE
It’s about as cold as it can get out there, but I have some very good news.

SHE
What?

HE
I bought something special for tonight. Something that’s gonna cure you of your depression. In case you were wondering.

SHE
I was wondering. Extra vitamin D doesn’t seem to help.

HE
No. Vitamin D does not make people write more.

SHE
And your dinner will? I should not have mentioned the word.

HE
What word?

SHE
The one I will not mention anymore.

HE
Naming and acknowledging the problem sometimes cures it.

SHE
I vote for that one!