Permeate a Black Wall
Come out the other side disoriented
fresh new
Down shift and
Pass on a mountain curve
no one was coming the other way
good
Arriving after dark to a runway
With no lights Shit
an alternate becomes no choice
Spotting a far away flare
an orange glow in the far distance
the last one burning
Passing a heavy battery from the bow of a boat
to another in high seas Up and then down
dont miss
Taking off blind
into cloud cover you notice ice developing on the wing strut you think about the mountain range below you from in the clouds you are enveloped within reach for
pulling carburetor heat
Trundling blind down a dark
runway almost clipping a fence you could not see then seeing the moons reflection dance
off the ocean 50 feet below
Have full sails up at night
when the wind picks up
and heel way over alone
steering for a little while toward a bright star
Have a sheet line slip over the gunnel foul in the prop in the deepest of blue
dive overboard with no one top sides
don't forget to throw out the 100' safety line
and lower the boarding ladder
Rolling inverted at night in a light twin with a bent propeller
running out of fuel coasting in
having a gun drawn on you
making new friends
Brushing a mountain top with a wing tip
The nav light is gone
Peering into deep dark crevices
beneath Azure waters
the Great Bahama Bank
Driving across the desert in a hopped up Mustang
outrunning the fool after you with bubble gum machines on the roof
Have an engine develop a knock at full power
and the rpm rolls back
at treetop level and begin praying
as green flashes bye
dont bank to steeply
Steering clear of the tow line between a tug and a barge
in the middle of the Gulfstream on a dark night
the place to be in time
good timing
Swept down the Mississippi River
collide with 5 barges running around the deck like a squirrel
chirping swear words to himself
Holding Ailerons full over because a flap cable snapped on take off your at 50 feet over the freeway up near Okeechobee Having a beer and a Hearty Laugh Later
grow so fatigued you hallucinate and have a full blown conversation with the jib sail
hear voices coming up from the belows
No punctuation there never was any
Elation of cheap thrills and cats with 9 lives Meow
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