by Kevin T McEneaneywhen your flight is delayed:
admire cloud transformations
if they are available
watch the mysterious unloading
of awkward baggage from planes
go to the bathroom
imagine you are in London
call up a friend
to complain of boredom
read a book of poetry
or a novel like Don Quixote
go to the bathroom
imagine you are in Dublin
meditate on the fickle fate of mankind,
history, religion, philosophy
recall all the items for sale
in the duty-free shop
go to the bathroom
imagine you are in Tallinn
if all these procedures fail
try to converse with a human being
who speaks your language
and if that fails, really fails,
you will arrive at a better understanding
of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno
