Meet me
at the Museum of Science
and Industry.
Leisurely we amble
through the exhibits
until we reach
the mathematical rooms
my father wired
as an electrician
working his way
through university
after losing his scholarship.
Upon completing the tour
of the U-five-o-five submarine
we stroll
around the east lagoon
to the harbor
and the fifty-ninth street beach
for a hot-dog lunch
that only a true Chicagoan
can properly relish.
copyright © Kenneth P. Gurney
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