Up and Down

© Elizabeth Larrabee

After we had rappelled around

the outside of the post-office,

our toes clinging

to a three-inch ledge

of ornamental concrete,

we would go around the corner

to Broadway

where the rich doctors lived.

There was a tall building.

Four stories.

We always got caught by the janitor

pushing the buttons marked

"one" and "four"

over and over.

But we'd come back the next day

and get caught again.

More fun than a barrel of cocaine.

Any day!

© Elizabeth Larrabee

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The Smaller The Bigger | Mud Flats | Speaking of Smells | Random Pieces

Growing Up the Hard Way  | No Bogey Man | Green Apples | Poor Buster

Up and Down | True Friends | Moving | Rosie's Hangout | Crystal Ball

You weren't so Hot After All | Haunts | On Acting the Way You Feel | Amen

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