On the plane I
Play this game with
Time wondering
How long until
We touch down
At take-off I
Know exactly
Two hours and
Fourteen minutes
Because the
Pilot said so
Over the speaker
Ten minutes in I’m
Already calculating
Guessing that it’s only
Two hours and
Four minutes
But I could be off by a
Minute or two
And the number is
Only the start of
It
It’s really how
I react when I
Know it’s
So much longer I
Look out the window at
The roads zig-
Zagging earth
More baseball diamonds than I
Would have expected
Or just white when
We pass through clouds
Closing my eyes I
Breathe but
Can only focus on that for
A few minutes
Until I realize it’s
A game and
The goal is
To not let time
Or, rather
Your perception of time
Keep you from playing
The present game because
There’s always
Something
Going on and
Just because it’ll take
Longer isn’t a
Reason not to play because
Longer
Is all it’ll ever take and
In between
Before the long time
Elapses
Is all
You’ve ever got
June 22, 2022 at 11:11AM