“Show me the
place.”
Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)
17: The Hub; Hiram, Ohio
It was a place we could hang out—
And here’s what it was all about:
You went downstairs into the place—
And looked around … a friendly face?
A haven for the young in town—
Where you could be a sage—or clown.
Some pinball games, some icy Cokes—
And lots of adolescent jokes.
And baseball cards and candy bars—
And kids who dreamed of having cars—
I think a table for some pool?
The Hub was really quite a school
To learn those things outside of class
That meant a lot—and you could pass
By being so attentive you
Could learn to talk—and sound cool, too.
It had some little basic booths
Where we would sit—eat Baby Ruths—
And think about how cool we were …
It never really would occur
To us that we just might be wrong!
This road of ours seemed dreary, long.
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