The better I got to know the Obamas, the more astonished I became at the unlikeliness of Barack's ascension.
Every year on May 5, paraders in various cities dress up in elegant French uniforms and scrappy Mexico outfits that signify the unlikeliness of the Mexican victory over France.
They may love her or fear for her, but mostly they simply marvel at her existence, at the delicious unlikeliness of such platinum innocence.