the pilot came over the intercom
advising the cabin of expected turbulence and instructed the flight attendants
to immediately cease their service stow carts return to their seats and buckle up
Wow he thought Im gettin a bonus with my ticket
his eyes lighted uphe was spirited
away like a little boy who discovered after paying entrance to a carnival
fairway that the Ferris Wheel the roller coaster the Freakshow and the House of
Mirrors were free . . the Bouncing intermittentPounding began
the woman behind him . .
. . which was unfortunate – fingers pointed –
Whadaya expect? She’s a woman. (it didnt matter to those men who pointed that
if Mitochondrial Eve hadnt evolved developed a voicebox helped articulate sound
articulate language helped improve communication that they could possibly have remained dumb
knuckledragging brutes and only able to point their abraded fingers unable to pronounce Whadaya expect shes a
woman) – which was unfortunate but more
unfortunate because she was sitting directly behind himclutching haplessly at
his seat back moaninghowling Oh God oh God oh Godplease Please pleasepleaseplease
Please don’t let me die don’t take me I don’t
want to die!
there were choruses behind
her other women and men
he saw her come aboardhe saw most everyone come aboard he was seated in First Class
he felt like a pretender
he didnt fly First Class
his seat was upgraded by the powers
that be
the Gate assumed he wouldnt mind
she must have been omniscient
he would have guessed the howling
woman was in her late fortiesearly fifties well-dressed well-coiffured bejeweled she carried a little dog carrier with a
little dog as prissy as she was inside it the
dog had the aisle seat beside her
when her crying and pleading
began he thought Are you fuckin kiddin me Appears youve done alright for
yourselfhad a good runbetter than most Howbout you set aside your greed and just be thankful for what youve enjoyed
rather than twistinginaknot because you think its ending convinced its ending Because IT AINT
she was ruining his joyride
he halfturned
in his seat and over his headrestover her clenched white fingers to either side
of it he said Appears you dont care for
rollercoaster rides eh his
imagination parked the Tunnel of Love at his elbow Me me Hey me Me Howbout
me Awright Me
nothing came back
her mouth was agape soundless or rather she was sounding at a
dog whistle frequency because the bitch in the seat beside her began whining crying
barking
Then if not a rollercoaster howbout
crazy sex in a dark Tunnel of Love he
winked Love was satisfied or before the nuts mirrors in the House of Mirrors he ticked off Love Mirrors Mirrors What are you talking about mirrors SHADDUP Givin the House of Mirrors a shout-out yamind
she remained mouthopen soundless
bugeyed face contorted though still
perfectly coiffured she
had placed her order
the plane lunged againshimmied
stomachs rose
there was sputtering wet paper
bags smell in the cabin behind him
then a BAM shudders
a slight wiggle
then SUDDENLY
the craft was like hot knife slicing butter the 737 leveled off
it was keen again
it was keen again
the hysterics began to subside
now that everyone could hear they
might hear the rosary beads and prayer beads slowly cease clicking
the mewling quieted
then
YES. GOD. I KNEW YOU WOULDN’T LET ME DIE. I KNEW
YOU WOULDN’T LET ME DIE.
he turned again to herover his
shoulder he laughed dismissively then he
said Evidently not this time Or mebbejust mebbe He was sparing me Doesnt always hafta be about youdoes it lady
turning backfacing forward he
said to himself Yaint even going to thank Him your Gawd
No thanks JesusChrist
1254, Thursday,
16 5. 19
1231, Day-between-Two-Ts, 5 6. 19
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