sold_out
stork daddy
he
said
caustically
when
she
told
him
how
the
salesperson
had
been
grumpy
, "
well
come
on
,
he's
thirty
and
he
works
at
mervyn's
folding
clothes
"
to
which
she
replied
, "
well
it
could
be
a
choice
he
made
,
he
could
have
left
a
career
as
a
neurosurgeon
for
something
which
provided
him
with
more
solace
."
and
she
was
so
right
.
he
was
so
used
to
remouthing
the
normal
opinion
for
the
benefit
of
everyone
else
that
it
seemed
he
had
started
to
believe
it
himself
.
or
was
he
just
thinking
that
he
had
to
hold
that
opinion
to
gain
people's
trust
and
was
surprised
to
be
reminded
that
he
was
not
the
only
one
who
suspected
some
assumption
that
few
ever
questioned
operating
behind
the
straightforward
path
everyone
in
america
is
supposed
to
be
on
.
031201
...
back to sleep
cool
.
i
had
to
re
-read
that
last
sentence
a
couple
of
times
.
031201
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from