Death Rides USAir At Night
with a nod to Emily Dickinson
The wings of Death are de-iced now,
He shakes his hoary head.
He waits for me to settle down
Amongst the newly Dead.
Unlike a hundred years ago
When Death took carriage rides,
When Civil was the final word
With never snark asides.
We spit our greetings 'cross the Aisle,
Complain about the Seats.
No leg room, drinks at quite a cost,
And no more funeral meats.
We taxi to the Runway where
Planes idle in a row—
We pass the fields of grazing geese,
We've nowhere else to go.
The Clock ticks off our final seconds,
We take off at last—
The seat belts buckle in our Coffins,
Hold us dear and fast.
I hear the Engines all a-roar,
As we fly out of sight—
Into Eternity, I guess,
Or into endless Night.
by Jane Yolen
in volume 5 issue 1
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