Long Flight attendant Poems

A piece of me has been torn apart
All of you have broken my heart
The tears are still coming and going
And I can still feel my heart burning
I know that this was coming
But I pretended and...

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When I was little, my stepfather and I would be outside, coloring the driveway with chalk or throwing a frisbee and he’d stop and say, “I’m gonna go stir your mama up.”

He’d go in the...

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Peter, Charles and I were jetting our way to Paris. I’d just woken up. I had to pee so badly it woke me up. It was a medical emergency. I stretched and everything hurt, I...

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AIR TRAVEL

When travelling by air, the first thing that you do,
Is gather all your stuff and pack your bags,
And especially when you travel by plane,
Make sure they are all equipped with luggage tags.

We usually print...

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She was sitting alone crying in the empty airport bar
I watched her for an hour from the waiting area down the hall
Fifteen minutes before boarding
I’m not sure what moved me
I walked up to this woman
To...

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Four years ago today
9/11 rang in our ears
Our Nation still cries a river
Into a sea of tears

Patrick Driscoll 70, was retired
Jane Folger 73, retired as well
Toshiya Kuge was a student
When the Twin Towers fell

Husbands and...

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Two skinny legs dangle from hand-me-down frocks. 
Elastic bands holding up her socks. 
Scuffed shoes upon her feet, so small they barely fit. 
Water leaks through the crack where the sole had split. 

Her wheat coloured...

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I love to see the children and the youths going to school
In their uniforms looking so smart and cool
Shirts and blouses all tucked in
Pants, bags, socks and the shoes matching 
Hair combed and hair styled,...

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Today I boarded an aeroplane for the very first time
but things didn't go too well...
As I stepped into the entrance
I stumbled , I tripped and I fell,
as I crashed to the floor,
it made an almighty...

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who is that strange pilot? Why is he not in the cockpit?
Naomi tried to stifle her six-year-old son’s shrill voice
although psychic herself, she did not broadcast it in ‘72
he keeps fading away, Tommy said. what...

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It’s a Hound Dog, a bus or plane?
It’s the Flying G on the Runway Lane
Did you know Greyhound’s know how to fly?
I will explain the reason why
At one point, Greyhound dog legs leaped to the...

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As the flight attendant made the accouncement that this plane is going down
I took one last look at him
Not knowing it be the last time I see him again
My feet froze to the ground
but in...

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Elbows must be packed more carefully.

I catch the eye of a flight attendant.
Some preliminary questions…

"Miss can I be slipped into a less edgy wedge?

She frowns, resenting perhaps my ‘miss’
should have said ‘mam’…damn.

I carry on babbling...

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She rides on a sailing ship high in the skies
embracing creation of her wandering star 
cheerfully greeting her guests.
Some pleasant and chatty,
some on occasion she may ask,
        ...

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Talk about a frightful flight
I think it was last Thursday night
I was heading out of town for work
Our flight attendant went berserk
Instead of the normal spiel they gave
This lady starts to rant and rave
Her own...

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The sky shone gaunt gold
on the lip of the storm
before the anvil shaped clouds advanced
upon the burning margins of the world 

Like a dream
the thunder rolled away
leaving cotton candy swirls 
before a spreading dawn 

Gentle...

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The flight attendant asked;
"Can anyone fly a plane?"
She received  no reply,
Her search was in vane!

The cockpit was empty,
The pilots couldn't be found.
Those left on the plane,
Were making a terrible sound!

The more they searched,
Their fear...

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I always wonder at the folks
Who do not follow rules,
Who violate the status quo,
Think followers are fools.

A traffic light that’s red? Who cares?
No motorbikes allowed?
Let’s speed along where people walk
And blast our music LOUD!

A flight...

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the plane ascended.
i yelled it.

this straw in the wind; fly fly fly
i felt it was a necessary affectation 

to ensure a safer flight
or rather a calmer form of passenger

bring out the java
i want to ride...

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I fly JetBlue for their snacks, TV's
And lots and lots of flights.
Doritos is my favorite snack,
Providing yummy bites.

The flight attendant just revealed
That, in this airline venue,
These Nacho Cheese delights
Will soon be taken off the menu.

Though...

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A furor surely was ignited
When somebody from United
Made a bad decision
With a most unpleasant end.

A carrier with dog inside
(The flight attendant notified)
Was placed with luggage which
The family couldn’t comprehend.

The overhead compartment where
Kokito languished had no...

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Elbows need to be carefully packed.
I squeeze together organs
filling only a certain delineated area.

The flight attendant approaches,
tries to ignore me

I have some preliminary questions,

"Can I be slipped into a less edgy wedge?
Could my mind be...

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