Want my business? Give
me outlets, internet, booth
seating and, yeah, food.
Airport restaurants
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Power hungry
At every gate
we jockey for outlets, our
iPhones running low.
Overbooked flight
Give up seat, get five
hundred dollar voucher and
first class upgrade. Win.
TSA Precheck
Randomly chosen,
I breeze through security.
Airport bingo win.
Imminent departure
Once plans light the fuse
nerves sizzle, anxiety
flares. Can’t stand the wait.
Travel itinerary
I draft spreadsheets, each
detail a talismanic
ward of protection.
Packing
I can’t know who I’ll
be tomorrow cramped and shoved
in a carry-on
Fearful flyer
tomorrow between
Chicago Phoenix I’ll be
a dot in the sky
Separation
Buttons zippers snaps
connect. Scissors blades sunder.
Don’t know where we stand.
Lying on Facebook
Spun as adventure,
it’s a long hard drive with a
heartbroken daughter.
a haiku a day 