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woman and
the wind, and nobody knowing what nobody is meaning?
    Just
then the baby kicked my hand, which at that time was on Carolyn's
stomach.
    And
Carolyn was like, You are either with me or agin me.
    Which
was so funny, because she was proving my point! Because you are
either with me or agin me is what the Lysol bottle at LI 12009 says
to the scrubbing sponge as they approach the grease stain together,
which is making at them a threatening fist while wearing a sort of
Mexican bandolera!
    When I
pointed this out, she removed my hand from her belly.
    I love
you, I said.
    Prove
it, she said.

    So
next day Carolyn and I came up to Mr. Slippen and said, Please, Mr.
Slippen, we hereby Request that you supply us with the
    appropriate
Exit Paperwork.
    To
which Mr. Slippen said, Guys, folks, tell me this is a joke by you on
me.
    And
Carolyn said softly, because she had always liked Mr. Slippen, who
had taught her to ride a bike when small in the Fitness Area, It's no
joke.
    And
Slippen said, Holy smokes, you guys are possessed of the fruits of
the labors of hundreds of thousands of talented passionate men and
women, some of whom are now gone from us, they poured forth these
visions in the prime of their lives, reacting spontaneously to the
beauty and energy of the world around them, which is why these
stories and images are such an unforgettable testimony to who we are
as a nation! And you have it all within you! I can only imagine how
thrilling that must be. And now, to give it all up? For what?
Carolyn, for what?
    And
Carolyn said, Mr. Slippen, I did not see you raising your babies in
such a confined environment.
    And
Slippen said, Carolyn, that is so, but also please note that neither
I nor my kids have ever been on TrendSetters & TasteMakers gum
cards and believe me, I have heard a few earfuls vis-à-vis
that, as in: Dad, you could've got us In but no, and now, Dad, I am
merely another ophthalmologist among millions of ophthalmologists.
And please do not think that is not something that a father sometimes
struggles with. In terms of coulda shoulda woulda.
    And
Carolyn said, Jon, you know what, he is not even really listening to
us.
    And
Slippen said, Randy, since when is your name Jon?
    Because
by the way my name is really Jon. Randy is just what my mother put on
the form the day I was Accepted, although tell the truth I do not
know why.
    But in
my dimmest mind I can very clear recall her voice calling me Jon in
my possibly bad days.
    It
is one thing to see all this stuff in your head, Carolyn said. But
altogether different to be Out in it, I would expect.
    And I
could see that she was softening into a like daughter role, as if
wanting him to tell her what to do, and up came LI 27493 (Prudential
Life), where, with Dad enstroked in the hospital bed, Daughter asks
should she marry the guy who though poor has a good heart, and we see
the guy working with inner-city kids via spray-painting a swing set,
and Dad says, Sweetie, the heart must lead you. And then later here
is Dad all better in a tux, and Daughter hugging the poor but good
dude while sneaking a wink at Dad, who raises his glass and points at
the groom's shoe, where there is this little smudge of swing-set
paint.
    I
cannot comment as to that, Slippen said. Everyone is different.
Nobody can know someone else's experiences.
    Larry,
no offense but you are talking shit, Carolyn said. We deserve better
than that from you.
    And
Slippen looked to be softening, and I remembered when he would sneak
all of us kids in doughnuts, doughnuts we did not even need to Assess
but could simply eat with joy with jelly on our face before returning
to our Focussed Purposeful Play with toys we would Assess by coloring
in on a sheet of paper either a smiling duck if the toy was fun or a
scowling duck if the toy bit.
    And
Slippen said, Look, Carolyn, you are two very fortunate people, even
chosen people. A huge investment was made in you, which I would argue
you have a certain responsibility to