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Michigan Again

from The Age Of Crying by Julian Cartwright

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On the way from Moscow to Detroit,
they showed an old movie, particularly on point,
about some guy sitting up in bed,
a big rectangle floating right above is head.
Later on, they passed out slips of paper
that they said would help to make their airline safer.
It turned out to be some kind of poll.
God knows what kind of monster or dope would be consoled
by the question they planted in our heads.
At the bottom of the paper, the last section read:
“How many do you figure are aware
of just how many meters you are up in the air?
How many do you figure really care?
And in case of an emergency, will you be prepared?”

Everybody looked around-- sort of out of place,
or else they just didn’t, and focused on their plates.
I looked at the control panel, bright above my seat,
with a light you couldn’t turn off, preventing me from sleep.
In a minute I was wide awake again,
looking out the window, past snoring businessmen,
and understanding something about fate,
but mostly wondering when I’d be in Michigan again.

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from The Age Of Crying, released March 24, 2015

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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