Any replacement parts?
It’s five in the morning.
Our flight leaves in an hour.
Check Bag
Get Boarding Passes
Continue on to TSA.
“Identification and boarding pass, please.
Any photo IDs.”
License out.
“Thank you ma’am.
Are you with him?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Over seventy-five”
We nod.
“Then you may keep your shoes on!”
Thank you God.
“Stand in that line there, please”
“Any replacement parts?
Knees?
Hips?
Shoulders?
Anything?”
“No, not yet” we almost sing.
The agent says,
“Well, good for you!”
At last we’re done,
our carry-on too.
On we trudge
to Gate C eight.
We cut it close,
but we’re not late.
Four days later, a reversed run
Another non-stop one
On this one we just might
Get into Albany by midnight.
Our flying holiday is done.
We’re home and safe in bed by One.
Next day, I go to get the mail.
On a postcard, I am told
Printed in forty point Ariel Bold
YOUR REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
Whaat!
Oh, it’s from Subaru!
Jws 2020