Excellent free verse dedicated to Ulla Fragmentation : Airports by estory

Passengers Passengers waiting in the passenger lounges Security check points The lines of passengers at the security check points The lines of passengers going through the gates The passengers walking through the concourses, Passed the duty free shops And the cocktail lounges The windows in the cocktail lounges Overlooking the planes on the runways Air traffic controllers Air traffic control towers Flight patterns Holding patterns Take off clearance Landing instructions Arrivals Departures Destinations The distant destinations of the passengers, The transcontinental flights The international flights Non stop And connecting flights Pilots, stewardesses, The stewardesses pushing the snack carts down the aisles The pilots announcing approaching turbulence Delays and cancellations, Baggage claim carousels, Electronic message boards With their electronic messages Arriving flights Departing flights Boarding sequences And disembarking gangways In flight movies Emergency landing instructions Runways and landing strips, Flight paths and trajectories Terminals Recognized Author Notes Airports are a lot like life. You have the structure of society ordering and shepherding our movements, you have the frustrations of delays, cancellations, the proximity to people who you never meet, never share your experience with, but also the glimmers of hope, of a chance at a new start in a new place, the distant destinations. They are frustrating, exciting, marvelous and hollow all at the same time. I dedicated this to my friend Ulla, who probably has spent more time in airports than anyone I know, and who can maybe vouch for my premise. estory

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