DC PLACES ISSUE Linda Pastan   AT THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM When I was nearly six my father opened his magic doctor bag: two tongue depressors fastened by a rubber band; one flick of his hairy wrist and lo! we invented flight.   Linda Pastan, a former Poet Laureate of Maryland, will publish her 12th book, Queen of a Rainy Country, in October. She was the recipient of the 2003 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.   Published in Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 2006.   To read more by this author: Linda Pastan: The Whitman Issue Linda Pastan Linda Pastan: The Wartime Issue Linda Pastan: Evolving City Issue Linda Pastan: Museum Issue