His First Lady
The Capital feels like it’s a lifetime away from here.
Crossing the street, I duck into the tavern before I can think of any reason not to.
Inside the game is on, on a television hanging up in one corner. A heavyset man stands behind the long wooden bar, drying a glass with his bar towel. When he spots me, he seems surprised but not alarmed.
On the wall opposite the bar, by the windows, are a series of high tables with chairs to match.