Shushan Purim

• On the 15th of Adar, the train to Jerusalem is standing room only. In newer cities Purim has ended but in cities with walls, or even walled cores, children still wear costumes.
• At the station parents and kids, older siblings dragging younger queens and pirates, rn for buses and taxis.
• The taxi dispatcher radios, "Come to the train station, all of you."

Copyright 2006 Jane S. Fox