Said bye to the Mrs and the girlfriend too<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a long haul flight – got to get this right<\/p>\n
I’m fighting to sit in Business<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s cattle class I\u2019m at.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Got my sketchpad and pen<\/p>\n
Ever since I was a little\u2019un<\/p>\n
I’ve recorded what I could see<\/p>\n
and when I couldn\u2019t see what I wanted<\/p>\n
I invented it<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lights on – seatbelt on extension<\/p>\n
squeezed around. As soon as we\u2019re in the air<\/p>\n
I\u2019m loosening mine, I\u2019m ignoring the sign<\/p>\n
It\u2019s coming off, no-one is going to stop me<\/p>\n
Sorry? Yes, of course, thank you, click click<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I stopped taking them two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
Which ones? All of them. Had enough<\/p>\n
It’s over, nowhere left to run<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been such a long time since anything was fun<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
As it takes off I can feel the pressure in my jaw<\/p>\n
I wonder which of my teeth are falling out.<\/p>\n
I check to see if I am lucidly dreaming<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ear pops. Chewing gum furiously<\/p>\n
But it doesn\u2019t alleviate the pain<\/p>\n
Nothing one can do on a plane –<\/p>\n
No pharmacy on top deck to visit<\/p>\n
Just grin, just bear, just sit<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It was when the plane was in sharp<\/p>\n
incline that I put 2 and 2 together.<\/p>\n
When I reached 7 I sketch as fast as I can<\/p>\n
But by now the lights are down<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I always wanted to go to Bangkok<\/p>\n
Didn\u2019t know that bucket lists<\/p>\n
were an option for the dead<\/p>\n
I excuse myself from the sleeping row<\/p>\n
I\u2019m on the aisle, it\u2019s easy to go<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Suicide by plane –<\/p>\n
Hit the heads.<\/p>\n
Sketch not finished<\/p>\n
Just didn\u2019t reckon on this schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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