school and take the dc transit
into town.
dropping us off at
the National Archives building.
we'd spend the day
wandering
the arcades
the museums.
taking the small subway
from the Supreme Court
to the Senate,
where we'd eat bean soup
in the cafeteria.
ragamuffins we were
getting a peek inside the
Blue Mirror
at the dancers
when the door swung open
there was five dollars between us,
but we ate well.
and had our fill of pin ball
machines.
cold cokes at the counter
of Woolworth's.
sometimes we'd take in a new
James Bond movie
at Lowe's Palace,
where the uniformed usher
would tell us
to keep the noise down
and to get our shoes off
the seats.
by three in the afternoon,
we were tired
and took the bus home,
where our parents would
ask us how school was that day.
and we'd say great.
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