A million Vietnam Vets lined the hallways of the poorer public school to bravely recount their rapes. A million strong for sodomy, with their weathered faces and red-grey beards.

"God wants us to be stronger than he ever could be. " she said sprawled out in the backseat of her first car. "God is weak."
"God isn't weak." he whispered. "God is the strongest man in the world."
He was wearing a golden cape.
It was Christmas.
He was still in love.