April in Philadelphia One

They turned on the fountain today

at Logan Circle (or is it Logan

Square?), but only for a minute.

You know that song by Devo? Not

Video Killed the Radio Star.

The other one. Oh shit.

Someone just told me that Devo

didn't write Video Killed the Radio

Star, but I was talking about Whip It,

anyway. Some guy was listening to

Whip It today while I rode my bike

from a largely under-privileged school

that I sometimes help to teach

to a largely over-privileged school

that I always help to teach and as I was

riding around Logan Square, listening

to this guy listеn to Whip It, I thought

about an hour ago when I was

accosted by a very angry fеmale janitor

who told me that I shouldn't have let the

students into the auditorium. I told her that

they said it was okay to do and she said,

"And you believed them," and I said, "yes,"

and I laughed and laughed and laughed because

today

is a good day, even if the fountain was only on

for a minute.