Month: May 2021

The gate agent is flustered
Very New York and very flustered
She talks
And talks
And talks
We respond
Blank stares standing still
She stamps silver stilettos
“You with the baby, board the plane”
Everyone agrees babies are kinda slow
Time is short and this flight is late
Frenzy-fire orders come faster
Spraying the frozen crowd
Her aim is terrible
The crowd crawls forward
Houston will just have to wait

-T. Weeks

Tractor-beam trill
Bug-tongued bugler
Surprised by the day
Battles the sun
Not a chirp
Not a coo
Not a song
Not even a note
More like a weed whacker
Or maybe a jack hammer
A very small one
Concussive
Tenacious

-T. Weeks