Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Passenger in a Plane That Never Lands

As the wheels became unstuck
and we filed our restraining order against the earth,
my eyes turned to the tiny television
embedded in the seat in front of me

where on the screen appeared
three attractive women dressed
in business suits, standing in a park,
fighting over a candy bar.

The candy bar flew up into the air
and floated just out of reach
as they silently shrieked and leaped around,
grasping wildly for it.
 
Out the window, far below,
the neighborhoods glowed like rows of coals,
like colonies of luminescent creatures
lighting up the ocean floor.

No comments:

Post a Comment