Give up seat, get five
hundred dollar voucher and
first class upgrade. Win.
Overbooked flight
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Give up seat, get five
hundred dollar voucher and
first class upgrade. Win.
Randomly chosen,
I breeze through security.
Airport bingo win.
Once plans light the fuse
nerves sizzle, anxiety
flares. Can’t stand the wait.
I draft spreadsheets, each
detail a talismanic
ward of protection.
tomorrow between
Chicago Phoenix I’ll be
a dot in the sky
Too old for pick up
and go – live in the moment
shit, but…what the hell.
Sierras, Rockies
young bucks compared to
old granny Catskills.
Three thousand miles. One
week. San Francisco. New York.
Stay between the lines.
She called. I’m flying
out. Quit my job already.
Knew this would happen.
Four days’ notice, it’s
500 bucks to fly coast
to coast. Got no choice.