Monday, October 27, 2008

A three hour lay-over in the Amsterdam Schipol Airport

Blue suits race by
heal click clack.
Languages I know
languages I don't.

People coming and going.
Delayed flights
Twenty minutes
Three hours.

Currency exchange
Quick mathematics in my head,
how much IS a dollar worth?

Colorful patterns,
babies snuggled in layers of pattern
wait for a flight to Lagos.

The smooth relaxing Dutch voice,
"Would passenger Williams
 please report to gate E27. 
You are delaying the flight.
Your luggage will be off-loaded."

Orange clogs, windmills,
tulips, real and foam, 
Speculaas cookies and cheese
greet us at Duty Free.

The place I'm going
The places I've gone
The places I want to go
The places I've never heard of. 

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