Who is us?
Us is the couple down the street who don't come out now except to drive away or to hurry from their car back into their house. Not since she was "visited" by a deputation of male neighbors allegedly protesting her shorts and her tie-tops and their bad influence on their daughters. Us is the teenaged boys who mostly stay inside now and don't play pickup football any more after one of them was called faggot and the other tried to defend him. Us is the neighbor who moved to Sarasota after police botched their investigation of her rape case, and the prosecutor suggested she was hysterical. Us is the family who moved their four daughters to a fortress after the second one was kidnapped and returned after a week. Us is the nice lady who still visits her husband in prison, convicted of kidnap, assault, and attempted murder. Us is the Sunday school teacher who so fastidiously helps girls rearrange their skirts to tempt him less. Us is the preacher whom God leads to a more affluent church after he, the preacher, not God, is accused of sex with an unmarried woman. God revels in that accusation, remember?
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