B.O. IN LITERATURE

I’ve discovered a literary figure embodying B.O.’s behavioral characteristics; it’s Curious George, star of many children’s books and animations.

George has the inclination to meddle in matters beyond his comprehension and control. “The cutest little monkey,” as he is called in song, repeatedly gets himself and others into sticky situations by yielding to his curiosity. He invariably redeems himself by performing, in the midst of the turmoil he’s created, some very beneficial act.

What worries me about Curious - rather, Ambitious - Barack., however, is that, so far as I know, there is no author to pin “deus ex machina” parachutes on him to break the falls he is risking and towards which he would drag the rest of us.