On watching a movie on the Hallmark Channel

i thought those two would never get together always on each others' nerves he a scruffy free spirit she so uptight and into her job but soon they were ice skating while holding hands in this movie it's almost Christmas the day my father in law sits at the head of the table and makes pronouncements like "A good burger starts with a good cow" and all the adults nod solemnly so i excuse myself under the pretense of walking the dog watch my own breath smoke under endless stars romance and plot get harder the further out you go i tell my students it's possible to be lonely in a marriage and by students i mean the various trees rocks and feral cats i speak to