The snow in Durango is starting to melt, mud season creeping in. People here clean out garages, air the windows, shake winter from their coats. Washington doesn’t do spring cleaning. It hoards grudges like newspapers stacked to the ceiling, rodents running through. Filibuster reform? Voting rights? Nothing moves. The house stinks, but the tenants call it tradition.
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