{Pleasure at another's misfortune.} br br Her confidantes endorsed her trim divorce, br clumped like raisins in the courtroom's calm, br noting how quickly a decree can disperse br bridge teams, guest lists, golf dates, a common name. br Precisely coifed, her comforters discourse br how her navy-blue dress enhanced her aplomb br as she related better turned to worse- br her voice white gold; her spine, titanium. br br Cheeping at lunch, her intimates recall br proverbs of parting as their diamonds tap br crystals of Beaujolais; quite disenthralled, br she slouches, sucks her teeth, and briskly raps br a breadstick against a jagged oyster shell, br smirking as its brittle bone neatly snaps.