Flights of Fancy

© 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖆

(three short poems inspired by flying - now turning out to be quite the adventures like never before)

Flying the Friendly Sties

(first posted after an interesting experience, May 2023)

Now that I have squeezed my a$$

Seated next to a very large mass.

Raised my knees to my chin.

Elbows jostling, me or him. 

Feelings arise, pure and raw,

Quite the je ne sais quoi

Mr Middle Seat rushed past to pee,

Mashing toes, in reckless spree.  

Messages, yes. Massages, no.

Rãm karé kuchh aur nã ho

How much longer, this ordeal?

Here comes the delicious meal!

Yay! The choice of Hay or Grass?

All aboard the Cattle Class.

© 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖆

 

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When you gotta go, you gotta go?

(first posted after the initial media reports about the "pee-gate", 20 Jan 2023)

 

One high-flyer, that's who

Mistook a fellow traveler for the loo. 

Ex-Veep of Wells Fargo,

No longer sampling escargot.

Because number one, not number two. 

When another traveler said, "Whoa!"

His legal eagle said, "No!

Didn't happen! Can't be!!

He minds his q's and pee's. 

Our client just went with the flow."

To the flyers, airline's pleas,

We aim to please. You aim too, please!

Before waxing poetic, 

On the items noetic,

Such as to wee or not to wee.

© 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖆

 

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Wee Oui

 

(first posted after the judicial process was over, 31 Jan 2023)

The flyer, relieved 😏

The victim, aghast.😒

"No witness!" The witless,

It doth came to pass.

That tragi-comic ruling!

"The Law is an ass."

A word to the wise,

Flying friendly skies.

Imbibe if they must,

In g*d, you should trust.

But it just might be quicker,

To pack a rain-slicker. 

© 𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖆