Ives and Annie seemed to epitomize, with their well-behaved children, a wondrous example of what a family should be like, especially in that neighborhood, where many of the kids where rough and got into trouble...
Yes, Ives seems to have the perfect family. Beautiful wife. Two smart children. Good job. Nice, rent-controlled apartment. Ives is living the American dream. Of course, Ives' dream is soon studded with tragedy, most significantly, the murder of his teenage son.
I do not have a poem for you guys today. Or a new cartoon. I have been sitting in convention rooms at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, watching young people learn dance routines. That may sound relaxing, but my daughter is 14 years old. Nothing about her is relaxing, including this dance convention.
Tomorrow morning, I have to wake her up at 7 a,m.. She will growl and complain, say she's not hungry, and probably sulk for half a day.
Another day in paradise for this would-be Saint.,
Saint Martyis going to need a vacation to recover from this vacation.,
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