Eight—A Session

He’ll arrive thinking he knows the shape of the afternoon. Most men do. There’s a narrative so deeply embedded it runs automatically—arousal, climax, conclusion, done. Everything else is either buildup or aftermath.

The actual experience, in this model, lasts about ten minutes. The question he can’t answer is what happens in the other hundred and ten.

He’ll find out. Not because anyone explains it to him. But because at some point in the first hour he’ll stop checking.