A is for Effort and Angela

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