notes to john ( did she share them with john?) is about parents and kids, as well as the whole society. i thought of dad when i read "the need to win over, to charm, the anger, the self-pity, he doesn't attach, he seduces." about clinton, but it makes me think of dad, who called clinton "slick willie". it describes dad, too. he would hate that i say that. but he's gone, along with joan, and john, and quintana, and the psychologist. still we're here, and we can't help but think on these things.