Flight Path
there is inertia between ground and sky
both so potent & sprawling, cut
by these machines – the coming and
going.
living in the flight path is to accept
disruption as the routine, a shrieking
infant – the sounds of life; the
shrieking Airbus, the sounds of arrival,
punctuating what is already here and
what is eager to be welcomed warmly.
About the Author: Tony DeGenaro is a writing teacher and poet in Central Ohio. His work has recently been featured in OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters, [autofocus], and Barstow & Grand. He publishes a newsletter and podcast about popular culture and literary arts at: tonyisapoet.substack.com.
Image Credit: Chase Dimock “Fly Over” (2021)
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