jetway tale 2

after the funeral (what a great opening!) and on the way home, the stewardesses called all those letters and numbers  (i feel like i’m in elementary school when they do, like count off as you board) and in the jetway there were all these birds perched down the length of it on top and their raucous cheeps and caws made me think sometimes we put them in cages, but really we’re the ones in cages, you know? because just look around at the metal walls keeping you in and soon maybe someone will give you peanuts.