Hearing the Planes by Bob Small

Hearing the Planes
By Bob Small, August 16, 2021 
 
 
First
I thought maybe it was what a Blitz sounded like
in Iraq or London
so close . . .
not knowing
sleep had been split
and could not be mended
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It felt next
like the start of a Doctor Who episode
but, at the end of that,
you knew all would be right
at the end of that
the Alien Life forms
would be gone, gone, gone
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Finally we were awake enough to know
it was just a low flying plane
that would neither affect our property
or its value
only our peace and time
so I decided to put away
for now
my anti-aircraft words
 
Bob Small is a former chair of the Green Party of Delaware County and a past delegate to the Green Party of Pennsylvania. His blog may be found here, https://robertthesmall.wordpress.com 
 
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