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Brandy (a Fine Girl) in Couples Therapy
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- The sea is “eternal” and “vast” and “answerable to no clock,” which is exactly the kind of language you use when you don’t respect a 3 P.M. standing appointment.
- There is a tabletop fountain burbling in the corner, which is a little on the nose.
Photograph from Getty Save this story Save this story Save this story Save this story. The sailor said, “Brandy, you’re a fine girl” (You’re a fine girl)What a good wife you would be (Such a fine girl)But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea—Looking Glass.
Technically, the sea has made him late—again. The sea is “eternal” and “vast” and “answerable to no clock,” which is exactly the kind of language you use when you don’t respect a 3 P.M. standing appointment.
I am sitting on a tasteful beige sofa in Dr. Feldman’s office. There is a tabletop fountain burbling in the corner, which is a little on the nose. The intake form asked me to describe “the nature of the conflict.” I wrote: “Competing mistress, aquatic.”
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