About Good Boys

Santa Claus leaves his gifts only for good children, placing them by the window. It is December, the month that ushers in winter. You, who have always been everyone’s model child, are beginning to stir something in me—someone covered in cuts and bruises. From that day forward, our relationship has been in restless motion. I cannot seem to get a single night of proper sleep. Will we ever be able to smile on this Christmas, a holiday meant only for the good?