Mary Cresswell
The baggage pick-up at the end of the universe
proppedup
watching
endless
circuit
homeless
backpack
endless
circuit
barely
standing
thatsthem
coming
deeply
zombie
almost
total
autopilot
atouployti
outerpaddock
deathof
language
otterpiddle
a.u.t.o.p.i.l.o.t.
pointme
elseward
passthe
hemlock
nomore
talking
Mary Cresswell is a Wellington poet from Los Angeles; she lives on the Kapiti Coast. Her third book, Trace Fossils, was published by Steele Roberts in 2011. See also www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/cresswellmary.html.
Cresswell writes: “To my mind, long-range air travel is hopelessly dehumanizing. I arrive unable to stand upright and no longer hard-wired for language. This is about that.”