Halvard Johnson
	Toxic Assets Sonnet Pedro found his reservoir of goodwill for his fellow humanoids contaminated--or tainted, if you will-- by perennial and hereditary diseases. Exalted beings all, they chewed their nails in anticipation of defaults and market plunges, holding onto their faith that what goes down must go up. Nervousness and its neighbor, panic, often had cookouts in their unforeclosed back yards. When the going gets tough, the tough broil burgers. At any other time, the heady air of despair would have provided a tonic. But now, today, Main St. knows even smart Canadians cannot ride to the rescue.