Monday, November 5, 2012

The caricature sitting next to me on a plane


you've got to be kidding me
these people really exist?  like
the federal contractor guy sitting next to me
working for some non-descript defense agency
buzz cut
flipping through his magazine
page after page after
fricking page of ads for assault rifles,
articles on when you'll need your weapon
to work NOW, knives, generators,
more guns, a caricature of those
we laugh about from
the city down south of us,
it's real, don't laugh,
they're scary.

1 comment:

Jim said...

Airline seats are assigned and we sit in them like robots. The experience is like Forest Gump's box of chocolates - you'er never sure who (or what) will sit next to you.