His side, her side.
-- Narration

Importance: As the man observes the furniture he has arranged on his front lawn, he considers the different sides of the bed. The narrator does not, however, add any more explanation of what his thoughts are concerning the matter. This moment hints at what has just elapsed between the man and his seemingly departed lover. The line also establishes the spareness of the style, and the ambiguity of the narration.

Things worked, no different from how it was when they were inside.
-- Narration

Importance: While standing in his kitchen window with a drink, the man decides that there is little difference to the furniture's function now that he has moved it outside. The line refers immediately to the man's belongings, but also refers to the man's relational and emotional experiences. No matter what he has expressed, no matter how he felt or opened himself to his absent lover, it...