Short Stewardess Poems

A vulture boarded
A jumbo jet
Carrying two dead
Marmoset

The stewardess said 
"I'm sorry sir, 
Only one carrion 
Per passenger"...

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Her life is plain
so she gets on a plane
and travels to a Nebraska plain

two passengers
too inebriated to speak
travel with her too

they’re awakened upon arrival
their luggage falls from the overhead
we are there, says the stewardess...

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M-orn twenty-fourth February
A-ims to let the sun ascend; 
R-ain falling from the sky
I-s beginning to
E-nd.

B-eacon above the horizon
E-liminates the night; 
N-ew dawn early Friday
I-s setting things aright.
T-ime to board the plane, the wait is just enough; 
O-bey the stewardess' counsel, a few minutes before take off....

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A Perilous flight

The flight from Hong Kong to Manila had more
passengers than seats
Give room to pregnant women, the stewardess shouted
I was in a deep sleep
In the aisle, people sat like rowers, bent heads as the plane took off
three-hour flight air in the cabin stuffy
when the heroic had given up their seat for any woman whether
she was pregnant or not, I opened my eyes 
they took chances, in the eighty’s money had changed hands
In Manila, I drank a cold beer....

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On my flight to Cancun
I sat between a pillow and a cello.
The pillow's name was Willow and she wanted to sleep soon.
The cello's name was Fellow and he was quite odd.
He sang and sang and I just nod.
When we were halfway to Cancun the stewardess, who was a baboon,
walked around with food.
When she got to me, she woke up pillow and put him in a mood.
then he couldn't sleep, so he counted sheep.
Finally, cello was mellow.
I didn't say a peep.
We all fell in a deep sleep....

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One morning while strolling in the park
A screaming toilet fell from the sky
A stewardess strapped to it like a rock
Coming at me loud and meteoric
Sometimes I wonder about such things
Falling airline personnel in suits and ties
Toilets working overtime without their wings
Thinking about flushing away unwanted things
Did someone forget to secure a bolt or two?
Did the lady mistake it for a parachute?
I often think about how safe it is to fly
As screaming toilets fall from the sky...

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