where the glass roof sunshine gleams
against the purple metal beams
where our eyes inhaled the hazy light
as in a cathedral

where we could smoke without a care
anchored to our food court seats
and no one asked us nothing
except to leave

when alone i'd find the chapel
located in a distant wing
the homily lasted a minute
and no one asked for an offering

when expelled at 9 pm
my friends and I would roam because
the buses didn't come at our convenience
we had to find our own way home