“We keep meaning to find out what goes in the other one.”
From Chapter 19, “God's Contract and the State's,” of The Marriage Contract, 2027, which reads the law of marriage as the prenup every married couple already has.
Over a sofa hang two matching frames. The left one holds a large, ornate, illuminated document labeled Ketubah. The right one is empty, with a little brass plaque saying State's version, pending. A couple on the sofa look up at them.
