Coffee Anyone?

These two paragraphs are from a book I just finished reading a couple of weeks ago. I love finding random things like this that make you stop and think.

I watched Marilyn as she took her spoon, my spoon, the sugar container, the cream container, and the napkin holder and slowly positioned them in many different ways on the counter. She seemed hypnotized by the countless positions that these objects could be arranged in.

"I see you're into modern art," I joked. "Yeah, the meanings are endless," Marilyn responded in laughter. "So what meaning does your present work of art have?" I asked. "Well, the cup represents how deep life is and the coffee shows how dark life can be," Marilyn started. "The spoons represent the manner in which we dip into things we're not supposed to, and the cream shows that we artificially lighten what should remain dark." Of course we end up making a big mess. Marilyn pointed at the coffee trickling down the side of the cup and onto the saucer. "And then we try to cover ut all up, knowing that messes always soak through." She covered the coffee on the saucer with a napkin and watched it soak right through.