Tuesday, October 9, 2012

October 9, 2012 - OctPoWriMo

In Flight

Before take off

Travelers on cell phones

voices

ricocheted

all the way back

to Seat 38E,

third-to-last row.


Overhead bins,

Slammed

Slammed again

Too stuffed to close,

No items to shift during flight,

Guaranteed.


Seat 38E.

Sandwiched

Between perpetually-whooshing

Rear- cabin toilets


Add to the symphony

Ceaseless engine noise,

The buzz and whirr magnified

Inside this fiberglass shell


Cough, cough, cough

Atchoo! Atchoo! Atchoo!

How many“bless yous”

Does a polite

traveler

murmur

Before

ducking and dodging,

hunting up her Vitamin C?