The pederasts were pederasting, The sycophants were sycophanting and Washington was awash in the slime of politics when suddenly the three wise monkeys burst into the committee room beating on drums and demanding an end to the teaching of Darwinism or any theory that related them, even distantly, to such a debauched creature as man. Meanwhile, the homeless were trying to form a union so each of them could have a pot and a window. Can you imagine the gall? A pot and a window!
From The Last Person to Hear Your Voice by Richard Shelton, © 2007. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.