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Windshear in the Smoking Lounge

Peter Magliocco

“Bukowski was a dog from hell,
I’m sure,” she said, “but you’re a cat
Straight from the landfill of lost souls.”
So, what gratitude
After buying a drink for her,
Bosomy flight attendant for United,
Not too long after September 11th
When directions to a sane world vanished:
When so many psyches lost definition
Deep within double jeopardy.
Lighting her cigarette later
She funnels smoke back at me;
We’ve retreated to the concourse
Smoking section, leaving behind
Annoying slot machine sounds
& all the Vegas airport bustle;
There are days & nights now
When nobody’s dealt a royal flush
& fond reminiscences clog memory
Like a damaging blood clot.
“And Celine, what a dark
Vulgar bastard,” she goes on,
Oblivious to the beauty of real thought
Gone from collective brains now falling
From whatever windshears cut wings
Of the same planes
To nowhere, the closest thing to love
Or smoldering enlightenment
Scratched from smoke-free flight plans.

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