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insecurity

November 16, 2020 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

a kite in flight
might be lost to sight
so he holds it tight
all day and all night

Evening flight

November 3, 2017 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Screaming children.
Screaming
children. Screaming children.
Screaming children. Screaming
children. Screaming

Flight

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I caught the paper plane as it glided past. Confused, I unfolded it & lay it flat. The pencilled letters were stark: “Let me fly”.

Night wish

March 12, 2016 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

May dreams’ slow flight light the golden way to morning

Airport 1pm: you get all sorts

July 5, 2014July 7, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The soapstar with uneven teeth checks receipts from the chemist’s. A man with moustache and a winter-weight jacket contemplates scaffolding with experience-bright eyes. John watches takeoffs, wills flight to be possible; until his mother shouts and drags him away.

Laser

August 7, 2013July 7, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The pilot swore as the kids shone laser pointers at his plane. The kids couldn’t hear him but smiled as they pressed the trigger.

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