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In an Airport Waiting Room

John T. Hitchner

I stand at a window
and watch planes arrive and depart,
fuselages sleek,
dark windows blind to earth and sky.

That 747 lifting off now—
Its wings bank, test resistance,
cut through current
hawks and eagles glide within.
A higher altitude gained by us.
Another machined wind beaten down upon them.

What do we seek
above canyons and mountains,
rivers and oceans?
A space closer to God?
Someplace other than home?
No promise fulfilled
except to arrive somewhere as soon as possible,
or possess more of what controls us,
or compare numbers on spreadsheets.
One could do more than be
a passenger on a plane.



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