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ECONO CLASS AGAIN (12-4-2001, somewhere in the air over Maryland)
above this sea
of clouds
upon these silver
wings
eating salted
peanuts
at thirty thousand
feet
gazing out my
tiny little
oval window
like some soaring
sky god
looking down
at earth below
in awe
of what i
see
so high above
it all
transfixed within
its passing daydreams
hypnotic fleeting
view
until i suddenly
recall
the true nature
of my present
lofty domain
and ascended
sense of higher
being
as not that
of a god
but sadly
in truth
only me
eating salted peanuts
here at thirty
thousand feet
gazing out my
tiny little
oval window
in awe of
all
i see
below
feeling
and daydreaming
for only
a brief
fleeting moment
or two
like some soaring
sky god
while sitting here
in my lofty
although
suddenly
more humbly
grounded now
discount
cheap seat
in
econo class
again
Published 15th Mar 2021
| Edited 16th May 2023
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- Edited 18th Nov 2021 8:45pm
15th Mar 2021 6:33am
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15th Mar 2021 3:18pm
Thank you for your comments & interesting, kindred impressions of your very relatable response here RiAN. I spontaneously penned it while gazing out my jet plane's window, looking down at the vast, bulbous sea of wondrous, light filled clouds below me (heaven's realm, as I had always envisioned it as a child), on a return flight from Baltimore, back to Houston, TX. It's words just arose & flowed out effortlessly through my thoughts into this unexpectedly simple, little, spontaneous poem, as I was transfixedly sky gazing downward from above the clouds, rather than looking upwards from below at them as usual. At the time, I didn't even think of it as a poem, but when it's words first arose & I wrote them down on a cocktail napkin, it's unexpected ending's last two lines, made me chuckle & laugh at it's simple, sudden turn of humbled insights humor!... So I kept it, just as a personal, odd little novelty, but had never shared it before, until now last night, here on DUP, over twenty years later! So I'm glad you enjoyed it & was happy & thrilled to get & to read your response!
