April 26, 2020
FETCH
He expected his wife
to be an airlines attendant.
It was as simple as that,
but it took her a while –
to figure this out -
to realize "Fetch" was her nickname -
but he didn't know - she knew -
that he didn't know - all this.
Getting him this
and getting him that:
a pillow, a magazine, a snack.
He never gave;
he always got.
She never sat;
she only served.
He: watching her walk
down the aisle.
She: smiling, the last one
to fasten her seat belt -
in any turbulence -
in the flight of their life -
till one
day she said -
on the 44th day of the coronavirus,
“It’s time for me to quit my job
and take another flight.”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
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