You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple but nourishing to the imagination.
A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.
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Now I'm a failed political consultant. But sometimes fiction has a way of capturing people's imagination in a way that non-fiction doesn't. Conservatives typically haven't written much fiction – specifically political thrillers – over the years to educate inspire and mobilize people on issues of great import but we ought to.
