her deathly white face is ecstatic with the golden galaxy technique to deny the painful reality of unpotted ( but faithfully watered ) hydrangeas , the smashed goldfish bowl with oscar stiff in the shards , the butts and burned spoons and shooters on the carpet , the slumped and curled up bodies of the kids out for the count , the overturned table , the furniture-barricade , the broken vase , the dirt , the cables , the four black cables pouring up the staircase .