Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Flight Attendant

is beautiful 
but seems
very 
unhappy. 

She has not smiled 
since I’ve boarded the plane 
and I’m not taking that personally.

It looked like she took great exception
to having to parade down the aisle
during the safety demonstration 
as part of her duties

but I enjoyed her parade
very much.

It is 6:00a.m.
so
perhaps expecting anyone to smile now
while teaching the public 
how to use a seat belt
is asking a bit much.

As a young girl
when she realized 
she wanted to travel the globe
seeing all the great cities of the world

I’m guessing she never imagined 
that teaching uninterested passengers 
how to use a floatation device
would be part of the deal.


Ken Owen   Van Niddy Press
September 2018



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