August  3,   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 that out – maybe 

because that’s what she 

wanted to be as a young girl. 

Getting him this 

and getting him that: 

a pillow, a magazine, a snack. 

He: never to give, 

always sitting there 

ready to receive. 

She: never to sit, 

always ready to serve. 

He: watching her walk 

down the aisle. 

She: smiling, the last one 

to fasten her seat belt 

in any turbulence 

in the space of their life. 

That is till one day she said 

to herself,  “It’s time for me to 

quit my job and take another flight.” 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020