Have You Seen Boomer?
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Have You Seen Boomer?
by Robert Kerr
It is the night before Jess and her husband, Marc, are to go on a canoe outing with friends, and they are getting ready for dinner. The cat is missing, the fuse box in the basement has been malfunctioning, and there is anxiety over who will or will not be joining them on the next day’s outing. Then there is the smell of smoke, and the lights go out. Lights up, and Jess and Marc replay the same scene, with...
It is the night before Jess and her husband, Marc, are to go on a canoe outing with friends, and they are getting ready for dinner. The cat is missing, the fuse box in the basement has been malfunctioning, and there is anxiety over who will or will not be joining them on the next day’s outing. Then there is the smell of smoke, and the lights go out. Lights up, and Jess and Marc replay the same scene, with variations. As Jess and Marc keep repeating the same few minutes over and over and over again, the fault lines in their marriage are revealed. They decide to try to have a child in order to renew their commitment, but when their attempts to conceive fail, they are forced to grapple with the questions, feelings, and secrets, both mundane and profound, that they have avoided confronting for too long.
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