ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly and Lost Pilots. Latest books, Between Two Fires, Covert and  Memory Outside The Head are available through Amazon. Work is upcoming in California Quarterly, Birmingham Arts Journal, La Presa and Shot Glass Journal.

Says the Stewardess

in the unlikely

event of

a water landing

hands up those who

on a plunging airplane

will have the presence of mind

to look around for

a life preserver 

strap it on

then help the child

in the next seat

with his or hers?

I see no hands –

okay then

what about 

in any unlikely event

on this plane

or anywhere else

who will have 

the presence of mind?

still no hands –

next up

the location of the exits