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Flying Solo is for the Birds
Posted: April 17, 2011
Lessons for air-traffic controllers (and others)…
Air-traffic controllers
(who can't stay awake)
sleep in ivory towers
feeding nightmares raw steak.
Those take-offs and landings
in time take their toll
on sleep-deprived sentries
who lose all control
of eyelids (quite heavy)
that long to stay closed
and threaten a future
of jobs they once chose.
These guys need a partner
to help them keep watch
so when they are weary
and tempted botch
their crucial assignments
of shepherding jets,
they'll do what is needed
and have no regrets.
But then...
We all need companions.
God said so. It's true!
We fail going solo
whatever we do!
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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