Tag: John Denver

The busiest airport on the continent –
air traffic control has never heard of John Denver,
I can hardly blame them, the job takes extreme focus;
did he lose his luggage? some caffeine-wired Pixie cut 
tries to be helpful.  He lost a lot more than that, I say.
YOU AGAIN? the shift supervisor walks in with his 
three cream, four sugar Tasmanian Devil mug
and I tell him he would make a great sumo wrestler 
with such a low center of gravity, but the Flat Earthers 
aren’t having it so the muscle is called in, in a sudden fit of protein 
to push me down those metal exterior stairs 
that lead back to baggage claim and all those husky four-legged 
drug sniffers that work their way up your leg while 
the 10:45 out of Dulles disembarks.