We Master Featherless Flight

Peel back the cabin foil

there we sit

forward facing

like petit fours.

In the crash

all machine and body parts return to earth

and in a week or two

are just debris.

When traffic slows

the things we’ve left

on the side of the road

really show;

baby’s car seat

a shoe near the guardrail

a hank of hair

a dead Chihuahua upside down.

Since earth and air can strip our skin

feathers for one

and scales for the other

make the bird

a good idea.