#586: Literature Only: Another Air Travel Poem

Seat Back Tray in Upright Position

Hi, there. 

Sure is nice

seeing you here

at 30,000 feet.

Feel free to enable,

open, scan, and

browse, but please 

note, you can place

literature only inside 

the plastic pouch 

above your upright 

tray table. Anything 

decidedly not 

literature, you’ll have 

to place elsewhere.

I know you’re already 

frustrated with the

free-for-all nature of

the seating on the

plane, bummed that

you cannot sit with 

your traveling partner,

and you won’t like it

that while in Indy

you’ll need a coat 

indoors and wish 

you were naked outside,

but rest assured that

here on Southwest we

have a dedicated place

for literature, 

and it is our solemn

oath that we will 

never let you down 

in this matter.

Published by michaeljarmer

I'm a retired public high school English teacher, fiction writer, poet, and musician in Portland, Oregon

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