Skycap
SKYCAP
She has her wings
hummingbird jet fuel nectar
tightrope technician
clear for departure
highest altitude aeronautic attitudes
fly-by-wire chaos manager
She the honey bee beauty
airborne ambassador emcee referee
Count-down compression
her constant companion
as the clock tick slips with
pressurization
Hmmm...
it is never-ending...
Yes,
we have some things in common...
Bedouin baggage bent to tent
jettison superfluous accoutrement
hair line dry clean streamline sheen
twenty four makeup pristine preen
Mine raw hard ware heavy gear so
sixty pound solid-shell sonic cargo
mutual mandatory three change clothing
functional uniform shadow camo
And She dances the aisles
like a movie set Boom Operator
overhead carry-on characters jostling
plasticine tetricine jigsaw juggling
turbulent turbine travelers travailing
Pitch rolling fuselage flurry
- no worries
airborne asylum and then some surely
She be hummingbird
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poem by Randy Resh
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