On the thirty-seventh Sunday of 1966, Sister Archipelago birthed septuplet sons in the alley beside the Basilica of Saint Mary, where Father Samuel Sizemore found her and mercilessly defrocked her on the spot, blind to the witnesses--mewling babes, seven sightless mice, screwed faces shriveled pink, baptized by outrage.
Years passed, unsavory episodes supervened, a series of sundry crimes committed, and one by one, the seven sons of Sister Archipelago were brought before unbiased judges, tried by unprejudiced juries, and were condemned to hard time in Level Six prisons, with walls as high and sturdy as those of fabled Troy—-yet we all know how that story ended.
Reader, this is an instructional tale intended to elevate the spirits of even the most cynical crank, as the stories of these men's liberations speak to the ingenuity and perseverance of the human soul—-and if the remorselessly guilty are capable of such feats, just think, to what unparalleled heights might the innocent soar?
(to be continued...)
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