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Fortune Cast


Writing my own ticket…

a coupon from the past

 

The numbers all decoded,

my gate approaching fast

 

Walking down the gangway,

my seat by fortune cast

 

The pilot sitting next to me

—the flight plan mine at last

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)

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