Mary Ann waits warily in John Wayne’s For severely delayed flight Mary Ann absent-mindedly takes all in With her stare being starless night: Girl in blue with guitar singing Taylor Swift, Tawny guy gulping pills for cold, How everything seems to float adrift, Bursting at seams and breaking molds. Mary Ann is aboard. Off flies the plane. Mary Ann is reading a book, Leaving down below all mountains and plains, Lakes and rivers, and ponds and brooks. Mary Ann looks up and through the glass. City lights coming close and near. Mary Ann’d been living among them once, Through joy, miseries, relevant tears. Mary Ann knows it’d be fitting to cry, But there something inside that’s ill, And her starless eyes are completely dry, Book is shut, and she sits all still. Plane lands late, the passengers reach for bags. She’s in danger of messing up plan. Starless stare, like mirror, the world reflects, Only nothing reflects Mary Ann.
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California flight.
Oh, Mary Ann...