Monday, July 26, 2010

CLXXXXVIII - Thoughts on a different Plane.

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Plenty of time to ponder on the flights.

When a day in a plane’s to be spent,
The hostess is a diversion, heaven sent.
But alas all the stewards
Dispensing the fluids,
Were male. Or maybe ambivalent.

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There’s something surreal in the scene
Of people coming or having been,
Row by row and seat by seat,
Four hundred hunks of airborne meat,
Watching life on a tiny screen.

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© J Cosmo Newbery
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5 comments:

  1. "airborne meat" -- love it!

    I've missed your unique view of the world, J Cosmo!

    The all-male flight attendants sounds like MY kind of flight - minus the ambiguity ;)

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  2. what a long flight it must have been.
    it's nice you are back. but i know, that i'm
    always a bit ambivalent about being back after
    a lengthy vacation.

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  3. It's lovely to have you back dear J Cosmo, you have been missed.
    Your description here is turning me right off long air flights, what does one do apart from ponder to pass the time? There is a limit to how much in flight entertainment you can watch. xoxo ♡

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  4. Oh, I will have to fly soon and I am not happy about that at all as I hate to fly.;))
    Great poem nevertheless.;)
    xoxo

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  5. One thing we notice when we flew on Qantas is the stewards and stewardesses are old ( and some obese!). No offence but they do look very professional with aprons..unlike the ones we have in Asia..all must be young and with curvy shapes, bright make-ups and sometimes act like dumb blondes. But I think Qantas is my preferred airlines so far!

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