Dick and Jane were welcomed to “the Heights” (as the locals call it) with curries and knafeh and hellos from stoops up and down Kenyon Street.

The stylish young Does were relieved to fit in.

They couldn’t decipher half the accents at their first block party so they simply smiled and nodded.

But that warm reception came to an abrupt end

A maintenance worker who pulls second shift at the White House recognized them as insiders in the “war-room” that engineered the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A good number of the Capitol Police live in Columbia Heights. Three of them were injured, one gravely, fighting to protect members of Congress.

“It’s not the neighbors we need to worry about,” Jane said. “The Capitol rioters are starting to get released from jail. They’re locked and loaded and they haven’t gotten laid for a while.”

Pat Shiplett

View Comments

Share
Published by
Pat Shiplett

Recent Posts

Afghan picnic

Out Among HumansIt was as much a sacrament as a picnic for the Afghans once…

2 weeks ago

Boys with Toy Guns

The men of their generation grew up bracing for a fight. They would learn soon…

4 weeks ago

Lincoln Inaugural Address

At the Lincoln MemorialLincoln’s words were etched in stone so they couldn’t be erased from…

1 month ago

Maarten Tollenaar

People at a coffee shopThe Dutch visitor speaks the King’s English with a brogue that…

2 months ago

sumo

They weren’t dog people. They weren’t cat, gerbil or goldfish people either. They were simply…

3 months ago

D.J. with fascist sign

People at a coffee shopDictators can intimidate the courts, institutions of learning and the free…

3 months ago