A Day in D.C.

by Michael Dylan Welch and Bill Waters

First published in Tandem 2:2, October 2022 (actually June 2023). Written in March and April of 2017, via email.

brilliant blue sky . . .

the Washington Monument

not as sharp in its reflection Michael

raising the flag forever

four GIs Bill

scaling

the White House fence

English ivy Michael

high above

the Air and Space Museum—

a box kite Bill

leaves rustling

into the National Cathedral Michael

lost

at the Library of Congress

in an e-book Bill