~Grounded Flight~Mar 29 '05 Write an essay on this topic.
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She arrived at the airport Her eyes weary from a disturbed sleep with unsettled dreams about the impending flight home There were no other passengers not even a ditzy stewardess or a pilot to announce when the plane would land There wasn’t even a plane to land She was strapped in her seat as the lone object mysteriously propelled through the sky descending even lower into the thickening air Her windpipe constricted her heart bled within her chest and her wallet was empty ... and then she awoke, before sunrise... Knowing she had to be at the airport for 7 she didn’t bother trying to recapture the fleeing sleep (besides, she didn’t want to return to the dream with pieces of her strewn across the flatlands of Saskatchewan) She gathered her suitcases They felt like rocks severed from the eroding cliffs of the Prince Edward Island north shore as they strained the threads keeping her arm intact to her shoulder Arriving at the terminal she saw patches of individuals meandering over the ashy white floors While the rest sat on the benches Their heads being held up by the palms of their hands to replace the rotting tension of their necks You could not blame them for their weariness Long flights, crippling waits..... ....her own numbing fear lingered even after finally making a meal out of courage to board a plane for the first time but she devoured it too fast and her stomach remained wrapped in knots as she prepared for the return trip But then she noticed a lack of life behind the counter where the representatives of her flight should be Maybe they were late for work? Desperate to use the bathroom? But instead a piece of paper was passed around to her and the other mystified souls The flight she needed was to be grounded permanently And she would never fly unless she had the extra cash to purchase a seat from an airline that didn’t experience a surprise bankruptcy mere hours ago Even as her state of mind was rocked the text on the press release held no surprise “We are very concerned about out customers and the significant hardship that this action causes.”* ... or so it said. But she didn’t see any money change hands between her and some invisible company rep who felt sorry for her predicament It kind of reminded her of her boyfriend who maintained “it wasn’t you, it was me.” but only left her with one choice: to have a broken heart while he freed himself to do what he liked This was why she took that wild stab in the heart Why she killed her crippling fear and got on that plane to fly god knows where Tie up a few days, weeks for the breathing in of air she hadn’t recycled millions of times before To see things she hadn’t seen But now she’s stranded her windpipe constricted her heart bled within her chest and her wallet was empty All she could say in her favour was she was glad the airline didn’t decide to go bust at 40,000 feet ------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2005 David MacDonald *quote from press release at www.jetsgo.net  |
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