Big Picture

[Deb]

I’ll have a mocha caramel latte-chino

Made with skim milk, no whipped cream

Please put that in a grande cup

But use the same amount of coffee that you’d put into a tall

That way there’s about an inch of extra room on top

To stir in my own nutmeg without spilling any coffee at all

What do you want?

[Warren]

I’ll have a tea

[Deb]

What kind?

[Warren]

Just, tea?

[Deb]

He’ll have your green Darjeeling tea

Which I’m sure you know cannot be steeped for more than ninety-five seconds

Shall we?

So, what’s your deal?

[Warren]

My what?

[Deb]

Your deal

What are you about?

[Warren]

Well, I’m about five foot five, I guess

You really don’t find me funny at all

[Deb]

Funny, yes

Amusing, no

But seriously, Warren, I want to know

Describe to me your big picture

[Warren]

Well, there’s this Picasso

[Deb]

Don’t start

Everyone’s got a big picture

Something they shoot for that sets them apart

We’ve all got an awful lot to do before we’re dead

So, where do you see yourself in, say, five years?

[Warren]

I haven’t thought that far ahead

[Deb]

Are you gonna be serious?

[Warren]

Do I have to?

Well, I work for an artist

[Deb]

Tell me what you do

[Warren]

I don’t know, I watch his cat

And this morning I fixed his curtain rod

[Deb]

Sure, okay, that pays the rent

But that is not exactly what I meant

When I asked to hear your big picture

Something beyond your daily routine

Talk about your big picture

The fairy tale ending that you’ve always seen

I am sure there’s something more to you than doing chores

Everyone’s got a big picture in mind

[Warren]

So, what’s yours?

[Deb]

Well, since you asked

In five years I’ll have an amazing apartment

With bookshelves built into the walls

A window that looks out on someplace big

And a personal assistant who screens my calls

The book I write will be required reading

To get into the seminars that I’ll be leading

That’s the plan, as far as I can see it

And yet it isn’t quite apparent what I’m supposed to do to get it

Some big picture

How’s your tea?

[Warren]

My what?

[Deb]

Your tea?

[Warren]

Oh, it’s sort of

Gotten cold

[Deb]

These stupid baristas don’t know how to heat a proper–

[Warren]

Deb, it’s really okay

Look, I know that we just met

But it seems to me that maybe you might wanna get

Some perspective on this big picture

Big, after all, is a relative term

Maybe this whole big picture

Shouldn’t be something on which you stand firm

You’re in a rut, who cares, so what?

If your picture’s not quite clear

I mean, you and me and lukewarm tea

This could be your really big picture right here

[Deb]

Oh my God, you’re right

[Warren]

See?

[Deb]

Sitting here at Starbucks drinking mediocre coffee

With a professional cat sitter

Is all my life is going to amount to

[Warren]

That’s not really what I meant

[Deb]

No, it’s okay, I’m a strong woman, I can handle it

Oh my God, what time is it?

I have to go

[Jason]

Where are you going, Claire?

[Warren]

You don’t have to go

[Claire]

Please don’t–

[Jason]

Claire, stop

[Deb]

Yes, I do, I’m late for my appointment

[Claire]

Not now

[Warren]

Deb, there’s something I want to show you

[Jason]

You can’t just leave me in the rain

And hope that things will wash away

[Deb]

I can’t

Not now

Yes, later, Warren

I promise, later, Warren

[Jason]

Promise me

Would you just then

Don’t you want to-

Jesus, Claire

Where are you going, Claire?

Can’t you just talk to me, Claire?