'Nature'@30,000ft.com
By Virgils Vigil
I look at the airplane screen.
Tulips
Mountain Sides
Scenic Lakes
There's something aggravating about this kind of tranquility.
Like it's being forced and jammed down your throat.
Rotting log
with tiny insect
Forests of green and red
I was waiting
for a coyote to jump out and grab something.
Now that's nature.
I suppose no one wants to think about reality when they're 35,000ft.
in the air.
Adorable
We're coming in
for a sideways landing.
I notice that the couple with an infant
one row up from us and to the left are missing.
Maybe someone
ate them
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Copyright 2011 Virgils Vigil
Published on Monday, May 23, 2011.
Filed under: "Non-Fiction" and
"Poetry"
Author's Note:
A true story. Partially inspired by Palahniuk.Awards
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On Monday, December 18, 2017, carlosjackal
(2788) wrote:
Digging this especially that closing stanza. Ace stuff.
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On Friday, April 13, 2012, Dominic
(53) wrote:
Yeah, this is fucking awesome. Was it inspired by Survivor?
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On Saturday, April 14, 2012, Virgils Vigil
(74) wrote:
Yes. Read it on the trip down, wrote this on the trip back.