High

35, 000 above ground
Severe thunderstorms
Imperceptibly conceal amongst
Infinite blue.
Airbus shakes
We both do,
I pray
Not out loud
Ask for another day
Forgiveness
Then Question Injections,
                   And
Why airplanes don’t
Have giant parachutes.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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July 9, 2008 at 8:44 AM
I simply loved the end of this poem it cracked me up - always good to laugh - great job
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